Compositions with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as librettist

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The Skeleton in Armour, Op. 28 (The skeleton in armour: ballad for chorus and orchestra, Op. 28) Arthur Foote, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.28 / C.155 1891 mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Ballads, Secular cantatas
The Black Knight Edward Elgar, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.25 1889 mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf Edward Elgar, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.30 1895 soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Blind Girl of Castél-Cuillé, Op. 43 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.43 1901 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Witnesses Craig Bakalian, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
2008 mixed chorus and piano Modern Secular choruses
The Peace Pipe Frederick Shepherd Converse, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Stars of the Summer Night Ethelbert Nevin, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C major (low voice) voice and piano Romantic Songs
Dreams of the Summer Night Charles Beach Hawley, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
G major (high voice), E major (low voice) voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Hiawatha: Dramatic Cantata Frederick Russell Burton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
1897 soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Allah George Whitefield Chadwick, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D major (for alto or baritone); E major (for soprano or tenor) F.201 / L.7.22 voice and piano Romantic Songs
Die Glocken des Strassburger Münsters (Cantata) Franz Liszt, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
S.6 1868 mezzosoprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Good Night, Good Night, Beloved (Part-Song) Ciro Pinsuti, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major 2 tenors and 2 basses
male chorus
Romantic Songs, Secular choruses
The Day Is Done Michael William Balfe, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E major voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Farewell of Hiawatha Arthur Foote, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E major Op.11 male chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular choruses
The Tale of the Viking George Elbridge Whiting, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
1879 soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Excelsior Michael William Balfe, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
2 voices and piano Romantic Duets
Good Night! Good Night! Beloved! (Serenade) Michael William Balfe, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Serenades
The Rainy Day Arthur Sullivan, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
G major soprano, alto, tenor, bass and piano
mixed chorus and piano
Romantic Songs
Melodrama of Hiawatha Sadie Knowland-Coe, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
narrator and piano Romantic Melodramas
The Arrow and the Song Charles Beach Hawley, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
G major (high voice) voice and piano Romantic Songs
Ships that Pass in the Night Arthur Foote, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
King Robert of Sicily Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F minor Op.22 narrator and orchestra Romantic Melodramas
The Curfew George Whitefield Chadwick, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
L.4.4 1914 voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Rainy Day Amy Marcy Beach, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Come to Me Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Day is Done Annie Frances Loud, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
O Holy Night Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C minor (ends in E major) voice and piano Romantic Songs
Ode to Hesperus John Henry Cornell, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major male chorus
2 tenors and 2 basses
Romantic Odes, Secular choruses
The Leap of Roushan Beg (Ballad) Horatio Parker, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.75 1913 tenor, male chorus and orchestra Romantic Ballads
The Wreck of the Hesperus John Liptrot Hatton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
B flat minor voice and piano Romantic Songs
Zephyrus Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Skeleton in Armour (Symphonic Poem for Chorus and Orchestra) Rutland Boughton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
B minor Op.2 1898 mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Symphonic poems
King Olaf's Christmas (Cantata for Men's Voices) Dudley Buck, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major tenor, baritone, male chorus, organ and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Paul Revere's Ride (Cantata for Men's Voices) Dudley Buck, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C major tenor, baritone, male chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Nun of Nidaros Dudley Buck, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major Op.83 tenor, male chorus, organ and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Golden Legend (A Dramatic Cantata) Henry Edward Hodson, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Wreck of the Hesperus (Cantata for Mixed Voices) Charles Henry Mills, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Secular cantatas
Dreams of the Summer Night (My Lady Sleeps) Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Green Trees Whispered Michael William Balfe, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Arrow and the Song Michael William Balfe, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
If Thou Art Sleeping, Maiden, Awake! Charles Gounod, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Daybreak (chorus with pianoforte or orchestral accompaniment) Eaton Faning, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
mixed chorus and piano
mixed chorus and orchestra
Romantic Secular choruses
The Singers (In Memoriam - Arthur Sullivan) (Four-Part Song) Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
mixed chorus and piano Romantic Secular choruses
Scenes from Longfellow's 'Golden Legend' (Symphonic Cantata for Solos, Chorus and Orchestra) Dudley Buck, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Good Night, Beloved! (Serenade) Edwin George Monk, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
2 tenors and 2 basses
male chorus
Romantic Serenades
The Rainy Day Hermine Rudersdorff, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
I Know a Maiden Fair to See Arthur Fickenscher, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C major female chorus and piano Early 20th century Secular choruses
Drifting Ellen Dickson, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
I Heard a Brooklet Gushing Edward James Loder, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
Serenade from Longfellow's Play 'The Spanish Student' Adolph Martin Foerster, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E major voice and piano Romantic Serenades
He Said He Came To Find Me (He Said He Came To Find Me, Do You Really Think He Did?) John C. Andrews, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A major voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Village Blacksmith George Schleiffarth, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Sea Hath Its Pearls Charles Gounod, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice, violin, piano and harmonium Romantic Songs
Not Enjoyment and not Sorrow (Canon for 4 voices) Gaël Liardon, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
4 voices Modern Canons
The Norman Baron (A Cantata) Thomas Anderton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voices, mixed chorus and piano Romantic Secular cantatas
The Curfew Bells Stephen Ralph Glover, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major 2 voices and piano Romantic Duets
King Olaf Carl Busch, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Paul Revere's Ride Carl Busch, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls Lukas Florczak, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
G major Mn.103 soprano, horn and piano Modern Songs
She is Fooling Thee Anonymous, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Three Sonnets of Longfellow Peter Bird, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.26 2015 mixed chorus and organ Modern Secular choruses
The Building of the Ship (Cantata) John Francis Barnett, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.35 soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
The Four Winds (The Four Winds from the Song of Hiawatha; The Four Winds A Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra . Die Vier Winde) Carl Busch, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
soprano, tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Sacred cantatas
3 Choral Ballads (Three Choral Ballads) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.54 soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Sacred choruses, Ballads
Legend of the North (The Saga of King Olaf; A Dramatic Cantata for Solo, Chorus and Orchestra) Percy Godfrey, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.23 bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Sacred cantatas
Hiawatha's Wooing (A Melodrama) Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.20 narrator and piano Romantic Melodramas
The Wreck of the Hesperus Herbert Walter Wareing, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Nine Songs written by Longfellow Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
8 Indian Songs from 'Hiawatha' (Eight Indian Songs from the "Hiawatha" of Longfellow; Six Indian Songs from the "Hiawatha" of Longfellow;) Carl Busch, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
A Psalm of Life Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C major or E flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
3 Songs from 'Hiawatha' (Three Songs for a High (or Medium) Voice with Piano Accompaniment Words from "Hiawatha" by Longfellow) Carl Busch, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Ballad of Carmilhan Archibald Davidson Arnott, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.10 baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Ballads
The Consecration of the Banner (Cantatina for soprano and contralto solo and chorus) John Francis Holcombe Read, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
soprano, alto, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Songs of a Wayside Inn Richard St. Clair, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.24 1970 mezzosoprano and piano Early 20th century Songs
Stars of the Summer Night (Part-Song) James H. Phillpot, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E major mixed chorus Romantic Songs
Stars of the summer night (Serenade) Henry Kleber, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Serenades
The Windmill Herbert Horatio Nelson, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Wreck of the Hesperus John Blockley, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Village Blacksmith Willoughby Hunter Weiss, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
Stars of the summer night John Liptrot Hatton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A flat major Romantic Songs
Serenade Charles J. Rockwell, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A major 2 tenors and 2 basses Early 20th century Serenades
Kéramos F. Clarisse Mallard, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The sea hath its pearls (A four-part song) Ciro Pinsuti, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major mixed chorus and piano
mixed chorus
Romantic Songs
The Wreck of the Hesperus (A Cantata for Mixed Voices) Arthur Elwell Fisher, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.61 soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular cantatas
Resignation John George Callcott, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major mixed chorus and piano Romantic Secular choruses
It is not always May (Song) Frank D'Alquen, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
G major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Hymn of the Moravian Nuns, at the Consecration of Pulaski’s Banner Maria Lindsay Bliss, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A flat major soprano, alto and piano Romantic Hymns
Ships that pass in the Night Thomas Wilkinson Stephenson, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Spanish Serenade (Stars of the Summer Night) Edward Elgar, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A minor Op.23 1891 mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Serenades
The Summer Night (Trio) Thomas Dunhill, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E minor 2 sopranos, alto and piano Early 20th century Trios
Resignation Frank Romer, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C major voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Bridge Maria Lindsay Bliss, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
In the Twilight Amy Marcy Beach, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
Op.85 voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
The Wreck of the Hesperus Arthur Foote, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
C major Op.17 1888 3 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Secular choruses
Christmas Bells (Christmas Carol) Carlotta Ferrari, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
2020 female chorus and keyboard
male chorus and keyboard
Modern Carols
Good night, good night beloved (Good-Night, good-night beloved. Part song) Maria Lindsay, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D major soprano, alto, tenor and bass Romantic Songs
Excelsior! Jules Normann, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
Trust her not Francis Lancelott, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Bridge Lady Carew, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
A major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Song of the Silent Land George Russell, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Arrow and the Song Charles Gounod, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D flat major CG 447 1885 voice and piano Romantic Songs
Living Poems Arthur Sullivan, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major 1874 voice and piano Romantic Songs
The Dreary Day Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs
Arrow and the Song Ciro Pinsuti, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Beware! (Take Care) Charles Moulton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
B flat major voice and piano Romantic Songs
Beware! (Cavatina) James Ernest Perring, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
D flat major voice and piano Romantic Cavatinas
Stars of the Summer Night (Beautiful Serenade) Christian Heinrich Weber, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
E flat major voice and piano Romantic Serenades
The Rainy Day Erminia Rudersdorff, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
F major voice and piano Romantic Songs
It Is Not Always May (Vocal Duet) N. De. Becker, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
2 voices and piano Romantic Duets
The Bells John Liptrot Hatton, composer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, librettist
voice and piano Romantic Songs


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