William Shakespeare

Birth Year: 1564
Death Year: 1616
Notes: Not only a great English playwright, but the greatest playwright in the English language. Reflecting upon the achievement of his peer and sometimes rival, Ben Jonson wrote of Shakespeare, “He was not of an age, but for all time.”

Poems/Lyrics:

Title Alternate Title(s) Composer(s)
Music to Hear. Five Shakespeare Songs Shearing, George
O Mistress Mine Kirby, Percival
O Mistress Mine Trad/Anon/composer unknown,
O Mistress Mine Baksa, Robert
O Mistress Mine Johanson, Sven-Eric
O Mistress Mine, Where Are You Roaming Diemer, Emma Lou
Orpheus With His Lute Sullivan, [Sir] Arthur Seymour
Over Hill, Over Dale Opus 39, No. 1 Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Serenade to Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Seven Songs for Mixed Chorus and Small Orchestra Opus No. 36 Gardner, John Linton
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? Rutter, John
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? Mulholland, James Quitman
Sigh No More, Ladies Shaw, Kirby
Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More! Diemer, Emma Lou
Song of the Pedlar The Song of Autolycus Williams, Charles Lee
Songs of Ariel Martin, Frank
Spring Shearing, George
Sylvia Johanson, Sven-Eric
Take, O Take Those Lips Away Wilson, John
Take, O Take Those Lips Away Hughes, J. Edmund
Take, O Take Those Lips Away Nickson, John
Take, O Take Those Lips Away Diemer, Emma Lou
Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away Carmichael, Mary Grant
The Willow Song Hamilton, David
Three Madrigals Diemer, Emma Lou
Three Shakespeare Songs Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Three Songs from Othello Hamilton, David
Through the House Give Glimmering Light Opus 39, No. 3 Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Under the Greenwood Tree Johanson, Sven-Eric
Under the Greenwood Tree Gardner, John Linton