William Blake
Poet
William Blake
1757 - 1827William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
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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.
| A Cradle Song (1947) | Benjamin Britten |
| A Cradle Song | Theodor Chanler |
| A Poison Tree (1965) Op. 74 no.6 | Benjamin Britten |
| A Poison Tree no.2 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Ah, Sun-flower (1965) Op. 74 no.12 | Benjamin Britten |
| Ah, Sun-flower! (2000) | Jonathan Dove |
| Ah, sunflower no.7 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Cruelty has a human heart no.8 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Daybreak Op. 20 | Roger Quilter |
| Divine Image (To Mercy) | Virgil Thomson |
| Dream Valley Op. 20 | Roger Quilter |
| Eternity no.10 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Every Night and every Morn (1965) Op. 74 no.14 | Benjamin Britten |
| Holy Thursday (1962) | William Walton |
| In a myrtle shade | Charles Tomlinson Griffes |
| Infant joy no.1 | Rebecca Clarke |
| Infant Joy no.1 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Invocation (2000) Op. 3 no.2 | Jonathan Dove |
| Jerusalem | Hubert Parry |
| London (1965) Op. 74 no.2 | Benjamin Britten |
| London no.4 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Love's Secret | Granville Bantock |
| Memory | Theodor Chanler |
| My Guardian Angel (2002) | Judith Weir |
| My pretty rose tree no.4 | Nailah Nombeko |
| Nurse's song | Sir Arthur Somervell |
| Piping down the valleys wild | Sir Arthur Somervell |
| Proverb I (1965) Op. 74 no.1 | Benjamin Britten |
| Proverb II (1965) Op. 74 no.3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Proverb III (1965) Op. 74 no.5 | Benjamin Britten |
| Proverb IV (1965) Op. 74 no.7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Proverb V (1965) Op. 74 no.9 | Benjamin Britten |
| Proverb VI (1965) Op. 74 no.11 | Benjamin Britten |
| Proverb VII (1965) Op. 74 no.13 | Benjamin Britten |
| The blossom | Sir Arthur Somervell |
| The Chimney-Sweeper (1965) Op. 74 no.4 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Divine Image no.9 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| The Fly (1965) Op. 74 no.10 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Jocund Dance | Roger Quilter |
| The Lamb no.5 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| The Lamb | Theodor Chanler |
| The narrow bud opens her beauties to the sun (2000) | Jonathan Dove |
| The Piper no.3 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| The Shepherd no.6 | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| The sick rose no.5 | Nailah Nombeko |
| The Tyger (1965) Op. 74 no.8 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Wild Flower's Song Op. 20 | Roger Quilter |
| Tiger Tiger | Rebecca Clarke |
