The Songs of Lalla Rookh across space and time
John Stevenson
'Twas his own voice
Songs inspired by Lalla Rookh, 1817-1880
Source: WorldCAT https://www.worldcat.org/
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Song title |
Composer |
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1810s |
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London: J Power |
Spirit’s Song |
Dr John Clarke-Whitfield |
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London: J Power |
Now morn is blushing
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Sir John Stevenson |
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Philadelphia: G.E. Blake |
Come hither, come hither |
R Taylor |
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London: J Power |
Namouna’s Song |
Clarke- Whitfield |
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London: J Power |
Fly to the desert |
John Fane, Earl of Westmorland |
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London: J Power |
Feast of Roses |
Henry R Bishop |
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London: J Power |
Paradise and the Peri [recit and air] |
William Hawes |
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London: J Power |
Song of the Georgian Maid |
Bishop |
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Philadelphia: Blake |
Spirit’s Song |
Clarke |
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London: J Power |
Fly to the Desert/Hinda’s Appeal |
George Kiallmark |
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London: J Power |
“Oh! Let me only breathe the air” |
John Clifton |
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Philadelphia: Blake |
“’Twas his own voice” |
Stevenson |
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London:: J Power |
Peri’s Song (“Farewell to thee”/ “Oh fair as the sea-flower |
Thomas Welsh |
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London:: J Power |
The Arabian Maid’s Song |
Bishop |
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London: J Power |
Song of the Fire-Worshipper |
Attwood |
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New York |
The bower of roses |
J. Wilson |
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London: J Power |
The cold wave my love lies under |
Attwood |
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London: J Power |
Her hands were clasp’d |
Attwood |
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London: J Power |
The Peri pardoned |
Clarke-Whitfield |
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London: J Power |
The Acacia bower |
Attwood |
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Philadelphia: Blake |
Oh! Fair as the sea-flower |
Welsh |
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London: J Power |
We part forever part tonight! |
J McDonald Harris |
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1820s |
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New York: E Riley |
Farewell to thee, Araby’s daughter |
Kiallmark |
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Boston: James L. Hewitt |
Araby’s daughter |
Kiallmark |
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London: J Power |
Spirit of bliss |
Fane |
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New York: E.S. Mesier |
Araby’s daughter |
Kiallmark. Lithograph. |
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Boston: G. Graupner |
There’s a bower of roses |
R.W. Wyatt; S. Wetherbee |
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London:Phipps&Holloway |
Oh! Never say that I, love |
T.B. Phipps (adapts words) |
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Boston: E.W. Jackson |
The cold wave my love lies under |
Attwood |
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Boston: Jackson |
The Peri’s Song |
Welsh |
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Boston: Jackson |
Song of the Fireworshipper |
Attwood |
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Boston: Jackson |
Oh! Let me only breathe the air |
Clifton |
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Boston: Jackson |
Now morn is blushing |
Stevenson |
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Boston: Jackson |
We part forever part tonight! |
Harris |
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Boston: Jackson |
Bendemeer’s Stream |
Hawes |
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Boston: Jackson |
The acacia bower |
Attwood |
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New York: Firth& Hall |
Feast of roses |
Bishop |
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Boston: Jackson |
‘Twas his own voice |
Stevenson |
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Boston: Jackson |
Hinda’s appeal/Fly to the Desert |
Kiallmark |
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Baltimore: George Willig |
Hinda’s appeal/Fly to the Desert |
Kiallmark |
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Philadelphia: Klemm |
Araby’s daughter |
J.G. Klemm |
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Boston: James L. Hewitt |
Araby’s daughter |
Kiallmark |
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1830s |
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London: J Power |
We part forever part tonight |
Harris |
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New York: Firth& Hall |
Araby’s daughter |
Kiallmark |
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London: J Power |
Araby’s daughter |
Kiallmark |
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London: J Power |
Peri pardoned |
Clarke-Whitfield |
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Philadelphia: Blake |
Tell me not of joys above |
Taylor |
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1840s |
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London |
Oh! ever thus from childhood’s hour |
Emile Souper |
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1860s |
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Dublin: Henry Bussell |
Zeba’s dream of home |
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London |
Oh! Ever thus from childhood’s hour |
John Calvert |
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London: Charles Jeffreys |
The gazelle song |
G. Verini |
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London |
There’s a bower of roses |
Edward Bunnett |
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London: Chappell |
O, ma maîtresse |
Félicien David |
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London: Olivier |
Fly to the desert |
Evelyn Heathcote |
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1870s |
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London: Lambourn Cock |
Oh! let me only breathe the air |
Charles Salaman |
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London |
I’ll sing thee songs of Araby |
Frederic Clay |
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1880s |
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Boston |
I’ll sing thee songs of Araby |
Clay |
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New York |
I’ll sing thee songs of Araby |
Clay |
Statistics individual songs: 8) Araby’s Daughter; 5): Fly to the Desert; 4) Bendemeer’s stream; 3): Oh! Let me only breathe the air; We part forever; I’ll sing thee songs of Araby 2): Spirit’s Song; Now morn is blushing; Feast of Roses; ‘Twas his own voice; Song of the Fireworshipper; The cold wave my love lies under; Peri Pardoned; The Acacia Bower 1): Come hither, Come hither; Namouna’s Song; Song of the Georgian Maid; Arabian Maid’s Song; Her hands were clasp’d; Oh, never say that I, love; Peri’s song; Tell me not of joys above; Oh, ever thus from childhood’s hour; Zeba’s dream of home; The gazelle song; O, ma maîtresse. NB: songs of the same title and with the same publisher that are assigned dates of fewer than three years’ difference were not counted as separate items.
Compiled by Sarah McCleave, 21 May 2017.