Eric Sams

Poet

Eric Sams

Eric Sams (1926-2004) was a British musicologist and Shakespeare scholar.

His translations are reproduced here by kind permission of his son Jeremy.

Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Abendlied (1851) Op. 107 no.6 21–23.i.1851 Robert Schumann
Abendlied Robert Schumann, arranged Aribert Reimann
Bedeckt mich mit Blumen (1849) Op. 138 no.4 31.iii–3.iv & 25.xi.1849 Robert Schumann
Die Blume der Ergebung (1850) Op. 83 no.2 3.iv.1850 Robert Schumann
Die Fensterscheibe (1851) Op. 107 no.2 21–23.i.1851 Robert Schumann, arranged Aribert Reimann
Die Fensterscheibe (1851) Op. 107 no.2 21–23.i.1851 Robert Schumann
Die Meerfee (1850) Op. 125 no.3 13.vi.1850 Robert Schumann
Die Spinnerin (1852) Op. 107 no.4 8.i.1852 Robert Schumann
Die Spinnerin Robert Schumann, arranged Aribert Reimann
Herzeleid (1851) Op. 107 no.1 21–23.i.1851 Robert Schumann, arranged Aribert Reimann
Herzeleid (1851) Op. 107 no.1 21–23.i.1851 Robert Schumann
Ich bin geliebt (1849) Op. 74 no.9 24–29.iii.1849 Robert Schumann
Ihre Stimme (1850) Op. 96 no.3 12–27.vii.1850 Robert Schumann
Im Wald (1851) Op. 107 no.5 by 1.ix.1851 Robert Schumann, arranged Aribert Reimann
Im Wald (1851) Op. 107 no.5 by 1.ix.1851 Robert Schumann
Mädchen-Schwermut (1840) Op. 142 no.3 16–17.xi.1840 Robert Schumann
Nachtlied (1850) Op. 96 no.1 12–27.vii.1850 Robert Schumann
Röselein, Röselein! (1850) Op. 89 no.6 10–18.v.1850 Robert Schumann
Sängers Trost (1840) Op. 127 no.1 8.xii.1840 Robert Schumann
Tief im Herzen trag ich Pein (1849) Op. 138 no.2 31.iii–3.iv & 25.xi.1849 Robert Schumann
Warnung (1851) Op. 119 no.2 27.ix.1851 Robert Schumann

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