Compositions with George Herbert as librettist

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Creators Key Opus Composed Instrumentation Period/style Type Listen Code
Five Mystical Songs (Five Mystical Songs, from the Temple of George Herbert: for baritone, chorus (ad lib) and orchestra) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
George Herbert, librettist
1911 baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
baritone and orchestra
Romantic Songs
Psalms and Hymns in Solemn Musick (Psalms & hymns in solemn musick of foure parts on the common tunes to the psalms in metre. ; Also Six Hymns for One Voice to the Organ ; ... six Divine Songs for One Voice to the Organ, Lute, or Viol.) John Playford, composer
George Herbert, librettist
4 voices
4 voices and continuo
voice and continuo
mixed chorus and continuo
Baroque Psalms, Hymns
Men and Angels (A Choral Suite) Walford Davies, composer
George Herbert, librettist
Op.51 1925 tenor, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra Early 20th century Suites
Five Poems of the Spirit Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer
Richard Crashaw, librettist
Mary Sidney, librettist
George Herbert, librettist
Walter Raleigh, librettist
1944 baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Sacred choruses
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing (Hymn-Anthem) Healey Willan, composer
George Herbert, librettist
E flat major HWC 412 female chorus and organ
female chorus and piano
Early 20th century Hymns, Anthems
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing (Unison Song) Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
George Herbert, librettist
B flat major unison chorus and piano Early 20th century Songs
Sweet Day, So Cool Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, composer
George Herbert, librettist
A major soprano, alto, tenor and bass Romantic Songs
Obedience Richard McIntyre, composer
George Herbert, librettist
F major 2013 Modern


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