Shir haShirim, Asma Asmaton, Canticum Canticorum, Song of Songs, Cantique des Cantiques, Lied der Lieder

List of settings ordered chronologically by year of birth of composers
latest changes: 2013-09-17

Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
Favus distillans / Emissiones tuae / Fons hortorum
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377)
Li enseignement de Chaton / De touz les biens / Ecce tu pulchra es amica mea [a3]
Maugré mon cuer / De ma dolour / Quia amore langueo [a3, 2']
John Pyamour (+ 1431)
Quam pulchra es sample mp3
Leonel Power (c. 1375 - 1445)
Anima mea liquefacta est (i)
Anima mea liquefacta est (ii)
Ibo mihi ad montem
Quam pulchra es
John Dunstable (c. 1380 - 1453)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora / Veni dilecte mi [a3, 3'] sample mp3, score (pdf)
Descendi in ortum meum sample ram
Speciosa facta es
Arnold de Lantins (c. 1400 - c. 1432)
O pulcherrima mulierum
Tota pulchra es amica mea sample mp3
Johannes de Limburgia (c. 1400 - c. 1440)
Descendi in ortum meum sample mp3
Pulchra es amica mea
Surge propera amica mea
Tota pulchra es [a4]
Veni dilecte mi (probably by Dufay)
Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400 - 1474)
Anima mea liquefacta est [3']
Johannes Brassart (c. 1405 - 1455)
O flos fragrans
John Forest (early 15th cent.)
Anima mea liquefacta est [a3] (doubtful)
Qualis est dilectus [a3]
Tota pulchra es [SAT]
John Plummer (c. 1410 - c. 1484)
Descendi in hortum meum [a3]
Ibo mihi ad montem mirre [a3]
O pulcherrima mulierum [a3]
Qualis est dilectus tuus [a3] (probably by Forest)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (i) [a3]
Tota pulchra es amica mea (ii) [a3]
John Hothby (+ 1487)
Quae est ista [a4]
Antoine Busnois (c. 1432 - 1492)
Anima mea liquefacta est [a3]
Johannes Martini (c. 1440 - 1497/98)
Anima mea liquefacta est
Antonius van den Wyngaerde (A. de Vinea) (+ 1499)
Ego dormio (1547)
Josquin Desprez (c. 1440 - 1521)
Descendi in ortum meum [a4] (attributed)
Ecce tu pulchra es amica mea [4'] sample mp3
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1537, 1559)
Loyset Compère (c. 1440/45 - 1518)
Plaine d'ennuy / Anima mea liquefacta est sample mp3
Heinrich Finck (1444/45 - 1527)
Nigra sum sed formosa
Gaspar van Weerbeke (c. 1445 - aft. 1517)
Anima mea liquefacta est [a4] sample mp3
Ibo mihi ad montem mirrhe
Quam pulchra es amica mea [a4] sample mp3
O pulcherrima mulierum (i) [a4]
O pulcherrima mulierum (ii) [a4]
Tota pulchra es amica mea [a4] sample mp3, sample mp3
Vidi speciosam [a4]
Alexander Agricola (1446 - 1506)
Belle sur toutes / Tota pulchra es [a3] sample mp3
Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450 - 1517)
Anima mea liquefacta est / Invenerunt me custodes / Filiae Ierusalem [a4]
Ecce dilectus meus [a4]
Tota pulchra es amica mea / Flores apparuerunt [ATTB, 9'] sample mp3
Veni electa mea
Hans Judenkünig (c. 1450 - 1526)
Tota pulchra es (1523) [lute] (non-vocal) sample mp3
Franchinus Gaffurius (1451 - 1522)
Descendi in ortum meum [a4]
Ortus conclusus [a4]
Tota pulchra es [a4]
Johannes Ghiselin (J. Verbonnet) (c. 1455 - 1507/11)
Anima mea liquefacta est (i) [a3]
Anima mea liquefacta est (ii) (1502) [a4]
Jacob Barbireau (1455/56 - 1491)
Osculetur me [a4] sample ram
Jean Mouton (c. 1459 - 1522)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1519)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1521)
Johannes Prioris (c. 1460 - c. 1514)
Quam pulchra es sample mp3
Antoine Brumel (c. 1460 - c. 1515)
Quae est ista [a4]
Sicut lilium inter spinas (1518) [SATB]
Missa Descendi in hortum [a4]
Marbrianus de Orto (c. 1460 - 1529)
Descendi in ortum meum (incomplete) [a4]
Jean Pinarol (late 15th cent.)
Surge propera amica mea (1502) [a4]
Antoine de Févin (c. 1470 - 1511)
Descende in hortum meum [4']
Vulnerasti cor meum
Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470 - 1528)
Nigra sum sed formosa sample mp3
Martin de Rivaflecha (c. 1470 - 1528)
Anima mea liquefacta est [SATB, 2'] score (pdf)
Vox dilecti mei
Richard Sampson (c. 1470 - 1554)
Quam pulchra es amica mea / Labia tua guttur tuum [STTBB]
Andreas de Silva (c. 1475 - c. 1530)
Nigra sum sed formosa [a5, 2'] sample mp3
Wolfgang Cyclopius (c. 1476 - 1526)
Descendi in ortum meum
Ista est speciosa
du Croc (late 15th cent.)
Ecce tu pulchra es amica mea / Venit dilectus meus (1529)
Quam pulchra es amica mea [a4]
Noël Bauldeweijn (Natalis Ba(u)ld(o)uin) (c. 1480 - 1530)
O pulcherrima mulierum
Quam pulchra es amica mea [a4]
Quam pulchra es et quam decora
Missa Quam pulchra es [a6]
Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480 - c. 1532)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora / Veni dilecte mi
Veni in hortum meum sample mp3
Costanzo Festa (1480 – 1545)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora (1521)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora (1543, 1549, 1569)
Surge amica mea et veni / O pulcherrima mulierum
Surge amica mea speciosa mea / O pulcherrima mulierum
Vidi speciosam [a6]
Jean Richafort (c. 1480 - 1547)
Veni electa mea
Jean L'Héritier (c. 1480 - 1551)
Nigra sum sed formosa [a5, 5']
Benedictus Appenzeller (C. 1480/88 - 1558)
Quam pulchra es [a6]
Quam pulchra es [a5] (might be by Crecquillon)
Surge aquilo [a5]
Paulus de Roda (de Broda) (late 15th cent.)
Vulnerasti cor meum [a4]
Nicolas Craen (late 15th cent.)
Tota pulchra es amica mea [a4]
Tota pulchra es Maria / Flores apparuerunt
either Jean or Pierre de la Fage (late 15th cent.)
Quae est ista quae processit
Quam pulchra es amica mea
Matthieu de Gascogne (15th cent.)
Nigra sum sed formosa [a3, 5']
Osculetur me [a4] (might be by Willaert)
Missa Nigra sum [a4]
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483 - 1559)
Audi dulcis amica mea / Veni plena gratie in mulieribus sample mp3
Descendi in hortum meum
In lectulo meo per noctem
Murus tuus dilecta nostra / Ego murus sum
O pulcherrima inter mulieres
Quam pulchra es amica mea
Si ignoras o pulchra inter mulieres / Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Maistre Jhan da Ferrara (c. 1485 - 1538)
Ecce amica mea / Flores apparuerunt
Nicolle des Celliers d'Hesdin (+ 1538)
Veni in hortum meum / In lectulo meo (1534) [a4]
Pierre Moulu (c. 1485 - c. 1550)
Sicut malus inter ligna / Domine ante omne desiderium
Vulnerasti cor meum / Et vox tua dulcis
Adrian Willaert (c. 1485 - 1562)
Nigra sum sed formosa (1530)
Nigra sum sed formosa (1532)
Tota pulchra es amica mea [4']
Ludwig Senfl (1486 - 1542)
Anima mea liquefacta est / Invenerunt me custodes / Filiae Ierusalem [a6]
Tota pulchra es amica mea / Iam enim hiems transiit / Et vox turturis [SATTB, 5']
Benedictus (probably Benedictus Ducis)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1545, 1546)
Surge aquilo et veni auster / Soror mea veni in hortum meum (1553)
Benedictus (Benedikt) Ducis (c. 1490 - 1544)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1568)
Loyset Piéton (+ c. 1545)
Quae est ista quae progreditur (1539, 1562)
Nicolas Gombert (c. 1490 - 1556)
Anima mea liquefacta est / Filiae Jerusalem (1539) [a5]
Descendi in hortum meum [a6]
Ego flos campi (4 motets published in 1541, 1545, 1552, 1555, some of which might be identical)
O flos campi et lilium convallium / Quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae
O gloriosa Dei / Quae est ista quae ascendit
Quae est ista quae processit
Quam pulchra es et quam decora [a4]
Tota pulchra es amica mea
Veni dilecta mea / Nigra sum sed formosa (1741) [a5]
Missa Quam pulchra es [a6]
Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 - 1562)
Quis est iste qui progreditur
Tota pulchra es amica mea
Henry VIII Tudor (1491 - 1547)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora / Veni dilecte mi [a3, 6'] (doubtful)
François de Layolle (1492 - c. 1540)
Nigra sum sed formosa
Sixt Dietrich (1492/94 - 1548)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (i) (1542)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (ii) (1542)
Lupus Hellinck (c. 1494 - 1541)
Missa Quam pulchra es [a4]
Jean Conseil (early 16th cent.)
Nigra sum sed formosa (1534)
Nigra sum sed formosa / Ecce tu pulchra es (1539)
Quo abiit dilectus inter lilia
Jean (Johannes) Lupi (early 16th cent.)
Quam pulchra es amica mea / Veni dilecte mi (1538, 1540)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora / Veni dilecte mi (1532, 1539, 1564)
Surge propera amica mea / Surge formosa mea sponsa mea (1563)
Surge propera amica mea / Surge formosa mea amica mea (1588)
Vidi speciosam / Quae est ista quae processit (1538, 1539)
Noël Fouchier (early 16th cent.)
Hodie Maria virgo / Quae est ista quae processit (1539)
either Jean de Hollande or Christian Hollander (early 16th cent.)
Si ignoras (te) o pulchra / Surge propera amica (1553, 1554)
Joachim Cabiliau (early 16th cent.)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1554) [a5]
Nicolas de Wismes (early 16th cent.)
Quae est ista quae processit
Surge propera amica mea
Petit Jean de Lattre (16th cent.)
Qualis est dilecta mea (1555)
Clément Morel (16th cent.)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1559) [STTB]
Joannes (Johannes) de Bacchius (16th cent.)
Ego flos campi (1564)
Michael des Buissons (16th cent.)
Ego flos campi (1568)
Quae est ista quae ascendit (1568)
Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500 - 1553)
Ecce amica mea / Flores apparuerunt [SATB]
Missa "Vulnerasti cor meum" (1542) [SATB, Agnus Dei SAATB]
Thomas Crecquillon (c. 1500 - 1557)
Nigra sum sed formosa (6 motets published in 1551, 1554, 1555, 1557, 1559, some of which might be identical)
Nigra sum sed formosa (1576) (vihuela intavolation)
Quae est ista quae ascendit [a4] (1547, 1559)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1554, 1558)
Sicut lilium inter spinas / Gaudete filiae Ierusalem (1554, 1558)
Veni in hortum meum [a5]
Hieronimus (Jheronimus) Vinders (c. 1500 - c. 1560)
Assumpta est / In odore unguentorum tuorum (1545)
Jacob Arcadelt (c. 1500 - 1568)
Filiae Ierusalem (1532)
O pulcherrima mulierum
Damião de Góis (Damianus de Goes) (1502 - 1574)
Surge propera amica mea / Ostende mihi faciem (1545) [a5]
Pieter Maessens (Petrus Massenus) (c. 1505 - 1562)
Surge propera amica mea (1559)
Jachet (Jacquet) de Berchem (c. 1505 - 1567)
Descendi in hortum meum
Murus tuus dilecta nostra / Ego murus sum
Qualis est dilecta mea
Girolamo Scotto (c. 1505 - 1572)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510 - 1555)
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem / Dilecte mi apprehendam (1553)
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem / Dilecte mi apprehendam (1554)
Ego dormio [a5, 4']
Ego flos campi (1556, 1560, 1564, 1678) [SSATTBB, 3'] ram, sample ram, sample mp3, midi
Ego flos campi / Sub umbra illius (1565, 1569)
In lectulo meo [a4]
Qualis est dilectus meus / Veni dilecte mi [a4]
Tota pulchra es amica mea / Surge propera amica mea [a5]
Veni electa mea [a4]
Veni electa mea [a5]
Veni in hortum meum [a5]
Virgo prudentissima / Pulchra es amica mea
Missa Quam pulchra es [a4] (based on Lupi's motet)
Dominique Phinot (c. 1510 - 1557/60)
Ecce tu pulcher es
Osculetur me (1538, 1540)
Surge propera amica mea / Veni de Libano sponsa [8']
Missa Quam pulchra es (incomplete) [a4]
Cornelius Canis (C. de Hondt) (c. 1510 - 1561)
Ego dormio
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1553) [ATTTB]
Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510 - 1564)
Dilectus meus descendit in hortum / Revertere dilecte mi
Osculetur me [a6, 6'] sample ram
Quae est ista
Quo abiit dilectus tuus / Qualis est dilectus tuus
Veniat dilectus meus / Qualis est dilectus tuus
Rogier Pathie (c. 1510 - 1564)
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Cipriano (Cyprian) de Rore (1515 - 1565)
Descendi in hortum meum [a4, 5']
Gioseffo Zarlino (1517 - 1590)
Osculetur me
Nigra sum sed formosa
Si ignoras o pulchra / Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Ecce tu pulchra es
Ego rosa Saron
Capite nobis
In lectulo meo
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem / En lectulum Salomonis
Ferculum fecit sibi rex Salomon
Ego veni in hortum meum
Giuliano Cartari (16th cent.)
Ego flos campi
Quae est ista quae processit
Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui
Andrea Rota (Ruota, Rotta) (16th cent.)
In lectulo meo
Matthias Hermann Werrecore (Fiamengo, de Vlaming) (c. 1520 - 1574)
Surge propera amica mea / Vox turturis audita est
Gérard de Turnhout (c. 1520 - 1580)
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem [a3]
In lectulo meo [a3]
Nigra sum [a3]
Veni in hortum meum [a3]
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 - 1594)
Motectorum Quinque Vocibus Liber Quartus (1584)
- 1 Osculetur me [SATTB] midi
- 2 Trahe me post te [SATTB] midi
- 3 Nigra sum sed formosa [SATTB, 3'] midi
- 4 Vineam meam non custodivi [SATTB] midi
- 5 Si ignoras te [SATTB] midi
- 6 Pulchrae sunt genae tuae [SATTB] midi
- 7 Fasciculus myrrhae [SATTB] midi
- 8 Ecce tu pulcher es [SATTB] midi
- 9 Tota pulchra es [SATTB] midi
- 10 Vulnerasti cor meum [SATTB] midi
- 11 Sicut lilium inter spinas [SATTB] midi
- 12 Introduxit me rex [SATTB] midi
- 13 Laeva eius sub capite meo [SATTB] midi
- 14 Vox dilecti mei [SATTB] midi
- 15 Surge propera amica mea [SATTB] midi
- 16 Surge amica mea [SATTB] midi
- 17 Dilectus meus mihi [SATTB] midi
- 18 Surgam et circuibo civitatem [SATTB] midi
- 19 Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem [SAATB] midi
- 20 Caput eius aurum optimum [SAATB] midi
- 21 Dilectus meus descendit [SAATB] midi
- 22 Pulchra es amica mea [SATTB] midi
- 23 Quae est ista quae progreditur [SSATB] midi
- 24 Descendi in hortum nucum [SSATB] midi
- 25 Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui [SSATB] midi
- 26 Duo ubera tua [SSATB] midi
- 27 Quam pulchra es [SAATB] midi
- 28 Guttur tuum sicut vinum [SAATB] midi
- 29 Veni dilecte mi [SATTB] midi
Sicut lilium inter spinas [SATTB, 4'] midi, sample ram
Surge propera amica mea [SATB, 3'] midi
Missa "Nigra sum" [35']
Missa "Sicut lilium inter spinas" [SATTB, 29']
Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599)
Dum esset rex [SAATB, 2'] midi score (pdf)
Ego flos campi
Quae est ista / Surge propera amica mea [SATB, 4'] midi score (pdf)
Quasi cedrus exaltata sum / Tota pulchra es [SATB, 5'] midi score (pdf)
Surge propera amica mea / Vox turturis audita est [SSAATB, 7'] midi score (pdf)
Tota pulchra es / Vulnerasti cor meum [SSATTB, 4'] midi score (pdf)
Trahe me post te [SSATB, 3'] midi score (pdf)
Missa "Surge propera" [31']
Jacob Vaet (1529 - 1567)
Missa "Ego flos campi" (based on Clemens' motet)
Rodrigo de Ceballos (c. 1530 - 1591)
Hortus conclusus
Orlando di Lasso (1530/32 - 1594)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1582) [a5]
Audi dulcis amica mea (1555) [a4]
Osculetur me (1582) [a8, 3']
Quam pulchra es / Guttur tuam (1585) [a6, 5']
Sicut rosa inter spinas (1577) [a2]
Surge propera amica mea (1566) [a6, 4']
Tota pulchra es (1604) [a4, 4']
Veni dilecte mi / Videamus (1571) [a5, 4']
Veni in hortum meum (1562) [a5, 3']
Vulnerasti cor meum (1582) [a6, 3']
Missa "Osculetur me" [a8, 22']
Missa "Surge propera" [a6, 23']
Missa "Veni in hortum meum" [a5]
Claude Le Jeune (c. 1530 - 1600)
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem / Quo abiit dilectus tuus
Nigra sum sed formosa
Robert White (1535/38 - 1574)
Tota pulchra es amica mea [SATTBB, 5']
Alexander Utendal (c. 1530/40 - 1581)
Introduxit me rex [SATTB]
Annibale Stabile (c. 1535 - 1595)
Quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae / Favus distillans labia tua
Gregor Lange (c. 1540 - 1587)
Ego dormio [SSATTB, 3'] midi
Georg Prenner (+ 1590)
Anima mea liquefacta est / Invenerunt me custodes
Jean de Castro (c. 1540 - c. 1600)
Nigra sum sed formosa
Qui consolabatur me / Veni in hortum meum (1569)
Veni in hortum meum (1580)
Jacob Meiland (1542 - 1577)
Gaudete filiae Ierusalem (1575) (organ intavolation)
Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544 - 1607)
Nigra sum sed formosa sample mp3, sample mp3
Georges de la Hèle (1547 - 1586)
Missa Nigra sum (based on Crecquillon's motet) [a5]
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c 1547 - 1592)
Surge propera (1576) [a5]
Quae est ista (1576) [a5]
Vidi speciosam (1589) [a12]
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 - 1611)
Nigra sum sed formosa [SSATTB, 3'] mp3, midi, sample ram, sample mp3, score (pdf)
Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui [SATB, 3'] mp3, mp3, midi, score (pdf)
Trahe me post te [SAATTB, 2'] midi, score (pdf)
Vadam et circuibo civitatem / Qualis est dilectus tuus [SSATTB, 6'] midi, sample mp3, score (pdf)
Vidi speciosam / Quae est ista quae ascendit [SSATTB, 8'] midi, score (pdf)
Vidi speciosam / Quae est ista quae ascendit [SATBSATB, 3'] midi, score (pdf)
Missa "Quam pulchri sunt" [SATB, Agnus Dei SSATTBB],
- midi: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Missa "Surge propera" (based on Palestrina's motet) [SATTB, Agnus Dei SAATTB],
- midi: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Missa "Trahe me post te" [SAATB, Credo SSAATB, Agnus Dei SAATTB],
- midi: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Missa "Vidi speciosam" [SSATTB, Agnus Dei SSAATTB],
- midi: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Orazio Scaletta (16th cent.)
Surge propera (1605)
François-Eustache du Caurroy (1549 – 1609)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1609)
Jacob Handl (Jacobus Gallus) (1550 - 1591)
Adiuro vos filiae Jerusalem (1591) [SSATATBB]
Adiuro vos filiae Jerusalem (1591) [SSATTBSAATBB]
Ego flos campi (1591) [SATBSATB]
Ego flos campi (1591) [SATB]
Nigra sum sed formosa (1591) [SATTB]
Quae est ista quae ascendit (1591) [SSATTB]
Quam pulchra es (1591) [a8 equals]
Revertere Sulamitis (1591) [SAATBB]
Surge propera amica mea (1591) [SATBSATB]
Surge propera amica mea (1591) [SATB]
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1591) [SSATB]
Trahe me post te (1591) [a5 equals]
Veni electa mea (1591) [SSATTB]
Vidi speciosam (1591) [SAATBB]
Jan Tollius (c. 1550 - 1603)
Adiuro vos / Consurge (1591) [a5]
Ego flos campi (1591) [a5, 3']
In odorem unguentorum (1591) [a5]
Osculetur me (1591) [a5]
Surge propera (1591) [a5]
Orazio Vecchi (1550 - 1605)
Veni in hortum soror mea (1607) [SSATTB] score (pdf)
Vincenzo Bertolusi [Vincentius Bertholusius] (c. 1550 - 1608)
Ego flos campi
Osculetur me [a5]
Tiburzio Massaino (c. 1550 - c. 1609)
Anima mea liquefacta est
Quae est ista
Johannes Rühling (c. 1550 - 1615)
Stehe auf
Pedro de Cristo (c. 1550 - 1618)
Quae est ista [a5]
Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551 - 1622)
Sicut lilium inter spinas [SATBSTB, 3'] mp3
Surge propera amica mea [SATBSATB]
Veni dilecte mi [SATBSATB, 4'] ram
Leonhard Lechner (1553 - 1606)
Das erst und ander Kapitel des Hohenliedes Salomonis [SATB, 10']
- Er küsse mich midi
- Ich bin schwarz midi
- Ich gleiche dich, meine Freundin midi
- Siehe mein Freundin, du bist schön midi
- Ich bin ein Blumen zu Saron midi
- Fahet uns die Füchse midi
Pierre Bonhomme (c. 1555 - 1617)
Dilectus meus descendit [SATTB, 2']
Alonso Lobo (c. 1555 - 1617)
Ego flos campi [3'] sample ram
Quam pulchri sunt gressus tuae [3'] sample ram
Alessandro Orologio (c. 1555 - 1633)
Tota pulchra es (1627)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1556/57 - 1612)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1599)
Giovanni Croce (c. 1557 - 1609)
Veni in hortum meum
Giovanni Bassano (1558 - 1617)
Diminution on "Introduxit me rex" by Palestrina sample ram
Pietro Pace (1559 - 1622)
Qualis est [3'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Blasius Ammon (c. 1560 - 1590)
Quae est ista quae ascendit [a5, 2']
Juan Esquivel de Barahona (c. 1560 - c. 1613)
Surge propera (1613)
Felice Anerio (1560 - 1614)
Vidi speciosam [4']
Johann Steffens (Stephani) (c. 1560 - 1616)
Audi dulcis amica mea
Giulio Belli (c. 1560 - c. 1620)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1609) [SSATB]
Friedrich Weißensee (c. 1560 - 1622)
Ich beschwöre euch, ihr Töchter
Sage du mir an
Francesco Martini (c. 1560 - 1626)
Tota pulchra es sample mp3, sample mp3
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560 - 1629)
Dilectus meus mihi
Ego flos campi (1627)
Indica mihi (1628) (lost)
O quam pulchra es (1618)
Quam pulchra es (1618)
Surge propera amica mea
Tota pulchra es [SATBSATBSATB]
Vulnerasti cor meum (1618)
Stat op min Brud (1640)
Peter Philips (1561 - 1628)
Quae est ista quae processit (i) (1628)
Quae est ista quae processit (ii) (1628)
Tota pulchra es
Bartholomäus Gesius (B. Göß) (1562 - 1613)
Mein Freund komme
Siehe, meine Freundin
Philipp Dulichius (Ph. Deulich) (1562 - 1631)
Dilectus meus loquitur mihi (1608)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1608)
Quam pulchra es et quam decora (1607)
Una est columba mea (1608)
Steh auf, meine Freundin / Mein Freund ist mein (1607)
Gregor Aichinger (1564 - 1628)
In lectulo meo / Viderunt eum (1607)
Pedro Rimonte (Raimonteo, Ruymonte) (1565 - 1627)
Missa "Tota pulchra es" (1604)
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567 - 1630)
Sicut lilium inter spinas [SATBSATB, bc]
Nicolas Formé (1567 - 1638)
Ecce pulchra es amica mea / Oculi tui columbarum (1638)
Christoph Demantius (1567 - 1643)
Ich beschwöre euch, ihr Töchter / Wo ist denn dein Freund hingegangen
Mein Freund komm in meinen Garten / Ich schlafe (1609) [a5] sample mp3
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Ego dormio (1625)
Ego flos campi (1624) [A, bc]
O quam pulchra es amica mea (1625) [T, bc]
Pulchrae sunt genae tuae (1607) [SSATB] score (pdf)
Quam pulchra es (1582) [a3] sample mp3
Surge propera amica mea (1582) [a3] sample mp3
Veni in hortum meum (1582) [a3]
Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
- 3. Nigra sum sed formosa
- 5. Pulchra es amica mea
Bartolomeo Barbarino (Il Pesarino) (c. 1568 - 1617)
Audi dulcis amica mea
Adriano Banchieri (1568 - 1634)
Anima mea liquefacta est
Duo ubera sicut duo hinnuli
Ego dormio
In hortum meum
In lectulo meo [3'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Pulchra es et decora
O quam pulchra es
Osculetur me
Veni in hortum
Vidi speciosam
Ottavio Vernizzi (1569 - 1649)
Quaesivi quam diligit anima mea
Cesario Gussago (c. 1570 - aft. 1612)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1608) [a8]
Quae est ista (i) (1604) [a8]
Quae est ista (ii) (1604) [a8]
Veni electa mea (1612) [a3]
Vidi speciosam (1612) [a3]
Caterina Assandra (c. 1570 - aft. 1618)
Ego flos campi
Nikolaus Zangius (c. 1570 - 1619)
Ego flos campi
Tota pulchra es
Ich bin schwarz
Francesco Costanzo da Cosena (+ c. 1621)
Anima mea liquefacta est [T, bc]
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 - 1622)
Adiuro vos filiae Hierusalem [S, bc] midi, sample ram, sample mp3
Quae est ista quae ascendit [SST] midi
Quam pulchra es [SA, bc] midi
Surge propera amica mea [SS, bc] midi, sample ram
Vulnerasti cor meum [STB] midi
Albinus Fabricius (c. 1570 - 1635)
Vulnerasti cor meum [SSATTB]
Vincenzo Ugolini (c. 1570 - 1638)
Quae est ista quae processit [SATBSATBSATB]
Missa "Quae est ista" (1622)
Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
Nigra sum sed formosa (1607) [SSATTB]
Giovanni Domenico Rognoni Taeggio (+ bef. 1626)
Tota pulchra es
Francesco Maria Marini (+ 1637)
Anima mea liquefacta est [S, bc]
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Filipe de Magalhães (1571 - 1652)
Missa "Dilectus meus"
Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656)
It is my well-beloved's voice (1622) [SSATTB, 3'] midi
My beloved spake [5'] sample wma
Raffaella (Raphaela) Aleotti (1574 - 1646)
Ego flos campi [SATSATB]
Surge propera amica mea
Vidi speciosam [2'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Andreas Hakenberger (1574 – 1627)
Nigra sum [a12, 2']
Surge propera [a8, 2']
Veni in hortum meum [a8, 3']
Veni dilecte mi [a8, 2']
Vidi speciosam
Vulnerasti cor meum [a12, 3']
Johann Groh (c. 1575 - 1627)
Siehe, meine Freundin
Giovanni Paolo Caprioli (+ 1627)
In lectulo per noctes [S, bc]
Vulnerasti cor meum
Giovanni Priuli (1575 - 1629)
Ecce tu pulchra es amica mea
Alessandro Grandi (1575 - 1630)
Anima mea liquefacta est
Ego flos campi (1621) [T, bc]
In lectulo meo (1621) [S, bc]
Nigra sum sed formosa (1620) [SS, bc]
O quam tu pulchra es (1610) sample ram
O quam tu pulchra es (1625) [S, bc] midi, sample ram, sample ram
Osculetur me (1621) [S, bc]
Quae est ista quae ascendit (1630) [SSATB, bc]
Quam pulchra es et quam decora (1619) [SS, SATB, bc]
Quam pulchra es speciosa mea (1625) [T, bc]
Surge propera amica mea (1616) [SB, bc]
Tota pulchra es amica mea (i) (1621) [S, bc] sample ram
Tota pulchra es amica mea (ii) (1621) [S, 2 vl, bc]
Vulnerasti cor meum
Ignatio Donati (c. 1575 - 1638)
Ego dormio (1619) [S, bc]
Estêvão de Brito (c. 1575 - 1644)
Ego dilecto meo [AATBB, 4']
Osculetur me
Duca d'Altemps (16th cent.)
Tota pulchra es amica mea
Agostino Soderini (late 16th cent.)
En dilectus meus [4'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Giovanni Antonio Mangoni (Johannes Mangon) (late 16th cent.)
O quam speciosa [3'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Gabriello Puliti (c. 1578 - c. 1643)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1614)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1618)
Ego dormio (1618)
Ego flos campi (1618)
O quam tu pulchra es (1618)
Osculetur me (1618)
Pulchra es amica mea (1614)
Giovanni Andrea Cima (c. 1580 - after 1627)
Quam pulchrae sunt [SB, bc] midi
Vadam et circuibo [SATB] midi
Richard Dering (c. 1580 - 1630)
Adiuro vos
In lectulo meo
Indica mihi
Quae est ista quae ascendit
Quam pulchra es
Surge amica mea
Vidi speciosam
Vulnerasti cor meum
Steffano Bernardi (1580 - 1638)
O dulcissima dilecta mea sample ram, sample mp3
Melchior Franck (1580 - 1639)
Geistliche Gesäng unnd Melodeyen, deren der mehrer theil auß dem Hohenlied Salomonis (1608)
- 1. Steh auf, meine Freundin [a8]
- 3. Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz [a8]
- 5. Was ist dein Freund für andern Freunden [a8]
- 7. Siehe, meine Freundin [a8]
- 9. Meine Schwester, liebe Braut [a6] sample mp3, mp3
- 11. Komm, mein Freund [a6]
- 12. Mein Freund komme [a6]
- 13. Wo ist denn dein Freund hingegangen [a6]
- 14. Setze mich wie ein Siegel [a6]
- 15. Ich bin schwarz, aber gar lieblich [a6]
- 16. Ich sucht des Nachts in meinem Bette [a6] sample mp3
- 17. Fahet uns die Füchse [a6] sample mp3, sample mp3
- 18. Da ging meine Seele heraus [a6]
- 19. Er küsse mich [a5]
- 20. Sage du mir an [a5]
- 21. Wie schön und lieblich [a5]
- 22. O daß ich dich, mein Bruder [SSATB] midi, sample mp3
- 23. Du bist aller Dinge schön [SSATB] midi, sample mp3, sample mp3
- 24. Ich beschwöre euch, ihr Töchter [a5]
Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580 - 1651)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1612) [S, bc] sample ram
Ego dormio (1612)
Nigra sum sed formosa (1612) [S, bc] sample ram
Quam pulchra es (1629)
Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
Dilectus meus (?)
Ego dilecto meo
In odorem unguentorum tuorum
Nigra sum sed formosa
Quae est ista quae ascendit
Quae est ista quae progreditur
Quam pulchra es
Surge amica mea
Tota pulchra es
Johannes Schultz (1582 - 1653)
Vulnerasti cor meum (1622) [SSATB]
Giovanni Valentini (1582/83 - 1649)
Vulnerasti cor meum [TTB, bc]
Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625)
Arise, thou north wind
Cesare Zoilo (c. 1584 - c. 1622)
Nigra sum sed formosa
Francesco Usper (F. Spongia) (+ 1641)
Veni dilecte mi (1619)
Vulnerasti cor meum (1625) [S, bc]
Alba Tressina (17th cent.)
Anima mea liquefacta est [3'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Gabriel Usper (G. Spongia) (17th cent.)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1619)
Ego dormio (1619)
Biagio Tomasi (c. 1585 - 1640)
Ecce tu pulchra es amica mea [a8]
Tota pulchra es amica mea [SSB, bc]
Nicolò Corradini (c. 1585 - 1646)
Adiuro vos filiae
Ego flos campi
Si ignoras te
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
Ego dormio (SWV 63) [4']
Vulnerasti cor meum (SWV 64) [4']
Anima mea liquefacta est (SWV 263) sample ram
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem (SWV 264) sample ram
O quam tu pulchra es (SWV 265) sample ram, sample mp3
Veni de Libano (SWV 266) sample ram
In lectulo per noctes (SWV 272) sample ram, sample mp3
Invenerunt me custodes (SWV 273) sample ram, sample mp3
Veni dilecte mi (SWV 274) sample ram
Ich beschwöre euch, Ihr Töchter zu Jerusalem (SWV 339) [6'] midi, sample mp3
Liebster, sagt in süßem Schmerzen (SWV 441)
Nachdem ich lag in meinem öden Bette (SWV 451) [S, B, 4 instr., bc] sample mp3
Lässt Salomon sein Bette nicht umgeben (SWV 452)
Stehe auf, meine Freundin (SWV 498) [8']
Johann Hermann Schein (1586 - 1630)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1630) [a2]
Mein Freund komme in seinen Garten (1615) [a6]
Wo ist dein Freund hingegangen (1615)
Jacob Praetorius (1586 – 1651)
Indica mihi (1635) [a6]
Quam pulchra es [a5]
Surge propera (1607) [a5]
Surge propera (1611) [a5]
Veni in hortum meum (1607) [a8]
Vidi speciosam (1615) [a8]
Lucio Barbieri (1586 - 1659)
Veni dilecta mea
Guillaume Bouzignac (c. 1587 - aft. 1643)
Surge, amica mea [2']
Tota pulchra es amica mea sample ram
Vulnerasti cor meum sample ram
Ivan Lucacic (1587 - 1648)
In lectulo meo [S, B, bc]
Osculetur me [A, bc]
Quam pulchra es [SATB, bc]
Trahe me post te [A, bc]
Cornelius Burgh (c. 1590 - c. 1639)
Surge propera amica mea (1626) [a3, bc]
Hortus Marianus (1630) [a4, bc]
- Quae est ista
- Osculetur me
- Vox dilecti mei
- Nigra sum
- Quae habitas in hortis
- Ecce tu pulchra es
- Dum esset rex
- Ego flos campi
Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (c. 1590 - 1662)
Sonet vox tua [3'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Johann Schop (c. 1590 - 1667)
[24 Songs for one voice and bc] (1657)
- 1. Küsse mich, Liebster, mit küssendem Munde
- 2. O Freundin, wie schöne, wie lieblich bist du
- 3. Wie Lilien und Rosen zu Saron aufgehen
- 4. Man pfleget den Apfelbaum höher zu halten
- 5. Euch Töchter Jerusalems will ich beschwören
- 6. Mein Liebster ist mein
- 7. Ich suchte des Nachts im Bette mein Leben
- 8. Um Salomons Bette stehn sechzig gerüstet
- 9. Mein Liebster komme, die Früchte zu kosten
- 10. Eröffnet die Türen und Riegel, ich komme
- 11. Ach Liebster, ich liege schon nackend danieder
- 12. Was willst du, schönstes Licht unter den Frauen
- 13. Mein Liebster ist eben auswandeln gegangen
- 14. Mich hab ich dem Liebsten zu eigen gegeben
- 15. Wer strahlet zu herzlich? Wer ist es doch nur?
- 16. Ein Mauerwerk bin ich, ein zierlichs Gebäu
- 17. Mein Weinberg ist lieblich und stehet vor mir
- 18. Dir, Salomo, sollen sie tausend entrichten
- 19. O Sonne, die täglich im Garten aufgehet
- 20. Fleuch, mein Geliebter, und gleiche den Rehen
- 21. Schönster, ach komm, ich habe verlassen
- 22. Wohl, meine Geliebte, deine Gedanken
- 23. Soll ich dir folgen, soll ich nachgehen
- 24. Komm, Schöne, komm herein
Johann Stobaeus (1590 - 1646)
Tota pulchra es
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (1590 - 1664)
Missa "Ego flos campi"
Isaac Posch (c. 1591 - 1622/23)
Adiuro vos
Anima mea liquefacta est
Ego dormio
O quam pulchra es
Surge propera amica mea
Vulnerasti cor meum
Antonio Ferraro (c. 1592 - c. 1629)
Nigra sum
Quae est ista
Quam pulchra es
Quam pulchrae sunt
Vulnerasti cor meum
Domenico Mazzocchi (1592 – 1665)
Dialogo della Cantica (Adiuro vos)
Heinrich Grimm (1592/93 - 1637)
Du bist aller Dinge schön
Mein Freund ist mein
Siehe, meine Freundin
Johann Dilliger (Dillinger) (1593 - 1647)
Ich suchte des Nachts
Tarquinio Merula (1594 - 1665)
Nigra sum sed formosa sample ram
Matthias Spiegler (1595 - c. 1634)
O quam tu pulcher es
Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1596 - 1668)
Quam pulchra es amica mea (1635) [TB, bc]
Surge propera amica mea (1635) [TB, bc]
Johann Crüger (1598 - 1662)
Achtstimmig Hochzeitsgesang aus dem IV. Capitel dess Hohen Lieds Salomonis (1620)
Giovanni Banci (17th cent.)
Ego flos campi (1619)
Étienne Moulinié (c. 1600 - c. 1670)
Dum esset rex
Ego flos campi
Fulcite me floribus [a5]
Nigra sum sed formosa
Veni sponsa mea
Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600 - 1679)
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1638) [A, T, bc]
Vulnerasti cor meum (1638) [S, T, bc]
Caspar Kittel (1603 – 1639)
Mein Lieb, wie schöne bist doch du
Nun, o Schönste, komm gegangen
Wie schöne Füß und auch wie schöne Schuh
Stephan Otto (1603 – 1656)
Ich sucht des Nachts in meinem Bette
Siehe, meine Freundin
Johann Vierdanck (1605 – 1646)
Mein Freund komme
Stehe auf, meine Freundin
Giacomo Carissimi (1605 - 1674)
O quam pulchra es
Henri Du Mont (1610 - 1684)
Adiuro vos filiae
In lectulo meo per noctes (1652)
In lectulo meo per noctes (1668)
Quae est ista quae ascendit
Quam pulchra es amica mea
Tota pulchra es Maria
Vulnerasti cor meum
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/12 - 1675)
Anima mea liquefacta est [S, bc]
Siehe, meine Freundin, du bist schöne (1645) sample mp3
Vincenzo Tozzi (c. 1612 - 1679)
In lectulo meo [SATB, bc]
In lectulo meo [SAT, bc]
Vidi speciosam [SAB, 2vl, vla, bc]
Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (1615-1649)
Audi dulcis amica mea
Surge columba mea (1643) [T, bc]
Tota pulchra es amica mea (1634) [SATB, bc]
Natale Monferrato (1615 - 1685)
O quam pulchra es [10'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Henry Cooke (c. 1616 - 1672)
Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem [a2, bc]
Berthold Hipp (c. 1620 - 1685)
Anima mea liquefacta est (1671) [SATB]
Isabella Leonarda (c. 1620 - 1704)
Sicut turtur sample mp3, sample mp3
Johann Melchior Gletle (1626 - 1683)
Tota pulchra es
Samuel Capricornus (Bockshorn) (1628 - 1665)
Geistlicher Harmonien dritter Theil (1664)
- 7. Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron [SAT, 2 vl, vla da gamba, bc]
- 8. Ich bin schwarz, aber gar lieblich [B, 5 recorders, bc]
Bartlomiej Pekiel (+ c. 1670)
Quae est ista (1 of 4 vv lost)
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632 - 1714)
Quam pulchra es (1689)
Surge propera (1689)
Veni in hortum (1689)
Sebastian Knüpfer (1633 – 1676)
Die Turteltaube lässt sich hören
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637 - 1695)
Pulchra es amica mea
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)
Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron (BuxWV 45)
Ich suchte des Nachts in meinem Bette (BuxWV 50)
Liebster, meine Seele saget (BuxWV 70)
Membra Jesu nostri (BuxWV 75)
- 4. Surge amica mea
- 6. Vulnerasti cor meum
Paolo Cornetti (* 1638)
Quam pulchra es [S, 2 vl, bc, 4'] sample ram
Juan García de Salazar (1639 - 1710)
Quae est ista [4']
Vidi speciosam [4'] (attributed)
Christian Geist (c. 1640 - 1711)
Quam pulchra es
Johann Christoph Bach (1642 – 1703)
Meine Freundin, du bist schön (c. 1679) (wedding cantata) [25'] sample ram, sample ram
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
Pulchra es et decora [3']
Quatuor anni tempestates (1685)
- 1. Ver: Surge propera amica mea
- 2. Aestas: Nolite me considerare
- 3. Autumnus: Osculetur me
- 4. Hiems: Surge aquilo et veni auster
Antonio Ortells (1647 - 1706)
Tota pulchra es
John Blow (1649 - 1708)
In lectulo meo [SA, bc]
Maria Xaveria Perucona (1652 - aft. 1709)
Propera veni dilecte mi [6'] sample mp3, sample mp3
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
My beloved spake [10']
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725)
Quae est ista quae procedit [SAT, 2 vl, bc]
André Campra (1660 - 1744)
Tota pulchra es amica mea [SS, bc]
Georg Böhm (1661 - 1733)
Mein Freund ist mein und ich bin sein (cantata) [18']
Jean-Baptiste de Bousset (Dubousset) (1662-1725)
Quae est ista (1697)
Francisco Valls (1665 - 1747)
Fulcite me floribus (1742) [SATB, bc, 2']
Veni electa mea (1742) [SSAT, bc, 2']
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
Ich suchte des Nachts in meinem Bette (TWV 1:866)
Stehe auf, Nordwind und komme, Südwind (TWV 1:1396)
Stehe auf, Nordwind und komme, Südwind (TWV 1:1397)
Was ist dein Freund vor andern Freunden (TWV 1:1517)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen (BWV 49)
- 2. Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen
- 3. Mein Mahl ist zubereit'
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140)
- 6. Mein Freund ist mein
Erschallet, ihr Lieder (BWV 172)
- 5. Komm, lass mich nicht länger warten
Matthäuspassion (BWV 244)
- 30. Ach! nun ist mein Jesus hin! / Wo ist denn dein Freund hingegangen
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688 - 1758)
Sage mir an, du, den meine Seele liebet (FWV D:S1) (cantata)
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690 - 1749)
Mein Freund ist mein (1729) (cantata) [S, A, T, B, mixed choir, fl, 2ob, 2vl, vla, vc, bc]
Stehe auf, Nordwind (1729) (cantata) [S, A, T, B, mixed choir, 2ob, vl, vla, vc, bc]
Wo hat sich dein Freund hingewandt (1729) (cantata) [S, A, T, B, mixed choir, 2ob, 2vl, vla, vc, bc]
Mein Freund ist mir ein Büschel Myrrhen (1736) (cantata) [S, A, T, B, 2fl, 2vl, vla, vc, bc]
Ich will aufstehen und in der Stadt umgehen (1737) (cantata) [S, A, T, B, 2fl, 2ob, 2vl, vla, vc, bc]
Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702 - 1762)
Quae est ista
João Rodrigues Esteves (1729 - 1751)
Quam pulchri sunt
William Billings (1746 – 1800)
I am come into my garden
I charge you, o ye daughters
I am the rose of Sharon (1778)
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
My beloved spake (1873)
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 – 1894)
La Sulamite (1884) [Ms, fem. choir, large orch, 17']
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Hvad est du dog skjøn sample ram
Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847 - 1935)
The rose of Sharon op. 30 (1884) (oratorio) [SATBarBB, SATB, orch]
David Nowakowski (1848 - 1921)
Kol dodi
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861 - 1925)
Canticum Canticorum op. 120 (1900) (cantata) [S, Bar, SATB, orch, organ, 81']
Guy-Joseph Ropartz (1864 - 1955)
Les Vêpres du Commun des Saints [organ versets] (non-vocal)
- Dum esset rex
- In odorem unguentorum
- Jam hiems transiit
- Veni electa mea
- Ista est Speciosa
Granville Bantock (1868 - 1946)
The Song of Songs sample wma, sample wma, sample wma
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
Flos Campi (1925) [vla, choir, small orch]
- 1. Sicut lilium inter spinas
- 2. Iam enim hiems transiit
- 3. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea
- 4. En lectulum Salomonis
- 5. Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis!
- 6. Pone me ut signaculum
Edward Bairstow (1874 - 1946)
I sat down under his shadow [SATB] sample mp3, sample mp3
Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973)
Nigra sum (1942) [men's voices, organ or piano, 5'] (adapted for SSA by Casals in 1966) mp3, mp3
Mabel W. Daniels (1878 - 1971)
The Voice of My Beloved, op. 16 no. 2 (1911)
Jacob Weinberg (1879 - 1956)
HaChalutzim (op. 18, 1926) (opera)
Healey Willan (1880 - 1968)
I beheld her, beautiful as a dove
Rise up, my love (1929) [SATB] sample mp3
Lazare Saminsky (1882 - 1959)
Shir Hashirim
Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961)
Song of Solomon [Ms, Bar, SATB, orch, 7']
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Canticum sacrum (1955)
- 2. Surge aquilo et veni auster [3']
Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946)
Sulamith (1912) [S, Bar, SATB, 45'] (opera)
Gershon Ephros (1890 - 1978)
Shir hashirim
Simeni chachotam
Franco Casavola (1891 - 1955)
Il cantico dei cantici (c. 1951) (ballet)
Erich Walter Sternberg (1891 - 1974)
Thou art fair [S, piano, 2']
Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952)
From the Song of Solomon (1949) [2 voc soloists, fem choir, orch, organ, 16']
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
Seal my heart
Yitzhak Edel (1896 - 1973)
I Am The Rose Of Sharon [S, piano, 3']
Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
Three Sentences from The Song of Solomon (1924)
- 1. Thou That Dwellest in the Gardens
- 2. Return, O Shulamite
- 3. I Am My Beloved’s
Five Phrases from The Song of Solomon (1924/26)
- 1. Thou that Dwellest in the Gardens
- 2. Return, O Shulamite
- 3. O, My Dove
- 4. I Am My Beloved's
- 5. By Night
Ernest W. Mulder (1898 – 1959)
Symphonia Sacra (1923, rev 1932)
- 2. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis [80']
Patrick Hadley (1899 - 1973)
My beloved spake (1938) [SATB, piano or organ] sample wma
Wilhelm Weismann (1900 - 1980)
Canticum Canticorum [18']
- 1. Sub umbra illius [SSATB]
- 2. Surge, aquilo, et veni auster [SSATB]
- 3. Ecce, tu pulcher es [SSATBB]
Sulamith [S, SATB, orch]
- 1. Preludio
- 2. Responsorio
- 3. Intermedio
- 4. Entrada e Danza
- 5. Conclusio
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
I sat down under his shadow (1972) [SATB]
Max Helfman (1901 – 1963)
Set me as a seal [3'] sample wma
The voice of my beloved
Stefan Wolpe (1902 - 1972)
Zwei Lieder aus dem Hohenlied (1937)
- Smolo tahat roshi
- Simeini kahotam
Zror hamor dodi li (1938)
William Walton (1902 - 1983)
Set me as a seal (1938) [SATB]
Marc Lavry (1903 - 1967)
Song of Songs (1940) (oratorio) [S, T, B, B, mixed choir, orch, 75']
Four Songs
- 1. I am black [S, piano]
Hermann Schroeder (1904 - 1984)
Zwei Hohelied-Motetten (1979)
- Steig herab in meinen Garten
- Wie schön bist du
Helmut Bornefeld (1906 - 1990)
Canticum canticorum (1970)
- 1. Wie eine Lilie unter den Dornen
- 2. Schwarz bin und anmutig ich
- 3. Da, eben kommt er
- 4. Melde mir doch, den meine Seele liebt
- 5. Ein verriegelter Garten
- 6. Dreh dich, dreh dich, Schulamitin
- 7. Wie schön und wie mild bist du
- 8. Setze mich wie ein Siegel
- 9. Nun ich eine Mauer bin
Alexander Uriya Boskovitch (1907 - 1964)
Behold thou art fair (1947) [A, orch, 3']
Herman D. Koppel (1908 - 1998)
Four love songs on the Song of Songs (1949) [S, piano]
- 1. Kys mig (Let him kiss me) [2']
- 2. På mit leje om natten (By night on my bed) [2']
- 3. Hvor er din ven gået hen? (Whither is thy beloved gone?) [2']
- 4. Hør! Der er min ven! (The voice of my beloved!) [2']
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908 - 2002)
Le Cantique des Cantiques (1952) (cantata) [mixed choir à 12, 27']
- 1. Dialogue
- 2. La voix du Bien-Aime
- 3. Le Songe
- 4. Le Roi Salomon
- 5. Le jardin clos
- 6. La Sulamite
- 7. Epithalame
Shlomo Yoffe (Yaffe) (1909 - 1995)
Yavo Dodi Legano (1956) [SAB, 1']
Maurice Goldman (1910 - 1984)
I Am My Beloved’s
Kol Dodi
Joseph Tal (* 1910)
Ma Yafu Pe'amayich (Lo VaYom)
Nino Rota (1911 - 1979)
Tota pulchra es, amica mea [ST, organ, 4']
Max Janowsky (1912 - 1991)
Ana dodi
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Canticle I op. 40 (1947) (My Beloved is Mine) [T, piano, 7']
Horace Grant Fletcher (1913 - 2002)
Rise up my love [SSATB]
Witold Rudzinski (1913 - 2004)
Sulamita (1964) [S, Ms, T, B, choir, orch, 70'] (Opera)
Bengt Johansson (1914 - 1989)
Two Extracts from the Songs of Solomon
- I sat down under his shadow
- Set me as a seal
Felicitas Kukuck (1914 - 2001)
Vier Lieder nach Texten aus dem Hohelied Salomonis
- 1. Die Lechzende: Ich dürste. O, stille meinen Durst
- 2. Die Wächterin: Mag ich auch braun sein
- 3. Ein Traum: Ich lag auf meinem Bett
- 4. Liebesnacht: Jetzt gehöre ich ihm ganz
Knut Nystedt (* 1915)
Lobpreis der Liebe
Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer (1918 - 1989)
Das Hohe Lied Salomonis
- 1. Er küsse mich
- 2. Ich bin schwarz
- 3. Fanget die kleinen Füchse
- 4. Sag mir an
- 5. Mein Geliebter
Gordon Binkerd (1916 - 2003)
Song of Songs [SSAATTBB, horn]
Robert Erickson (1917 - 1997)
Song of Songs [womens choir]
Domenico Bartolucci (* 1917)
Antifone Mariane [a4 equal voices]
- Trahe me post te
- Tota pulchra es
- Dum esset rex
- Laeva eius
- Nigra sum
- Iam hiems transiit
George Rochberg (1918 - 2005)
Four Songs of Solomon (1946) [voice, piano, 7']
- Behold, Thou Art Fair
- Come, My Beloved
- Rise Up, My Love
- Set Me As A Seal
Jürg Baur (* 1918)
Die Blume des Scharon
Edwin Fissinger (1920 - 1990)
Set me as a seal
Marcel Godard (* 1920)
Quatre dialogues tirés du Cantique des Cantiques
Wilhelm Keller (* 1920)
Der Gesang der Gesänge (1999)
John La Montaine (* 1920)
Songs of the Rose of Sharon, op. 6 [S, orch, 15']
- 1. I am the rose of Sharon
- 2. I sat down under his shadow
- 3. His left hand is under my head
- 4. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock
- 5. My beloved is mine
- 6. The voice of my beloved!
- 7. Rise up, my love, my fair one
William Sharlin (* 1920)
Shir Hashirim [SAATB, 2'] (also for solo voice and piano) sample wma
Fritz Geißler (1921 - 1984)
Vier Liebeslieder nach hebräischen Texten (1954) [S, chamber orch, 11']
- 1. Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz wacht
- 2. Des Nachts auf meinem Lager
- 3. Mein Freund ist gleich einem Reh
- 4. O, daß du mir gleich einem Bruder wärest
Jan Novák (1921 - 1984)
Carmina Sulamitis (1947) [Ms, piano or small orch]
- 1. Osculetur me
- 2. Intermezzo
- 3. Laeva eius sub capite meo
- 4. Ego dormio
- 5. Donec aspiret dies
- 6. Pone me ut signaculum
Richard Rudolf Klein (* 1921)
Sulamith und Salomon [S, Bar, orch]
Lukas Foss (1922 - 2009)
The Song of Songs (1946) [Mezzo, orch]
- 1. Awake, O north wind [7'] sample ram
- 2. Come, my beloved [8'] sample ram
- 3. By night on my bed [8'] sample ram
- 4. Set me as a seal [6'] sample ram
Yehezkel Braun (* 1922)
Shir Hashirim Perek Gimel (1973) [SATB, 12']
Uri tsafon (1980) [SATB, 3']
She'hora ani (1995) [A, vl, 5']
Et Hazzamir Higgia (2003) [SSATB, piano, 9'] (in 2007 arranged for mixed choir and orch)
Azza Kammavet Ahava (2004) [voice, piano, 18']
Gershon Kingsley (* 1922)
Rise up my love
Gaston Nuyts (* 1922)
Canticum canticorum Salomonis (2005) [mixed choir a cappella, 30']
- 1. Trahe me
- 2. Ego flos campi
- 3. In lectulo meo per noctes
- 4. Quam pulchra es amica mea
- 5. Ego dormio, et cor meum vigilat
- 6. Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum
- 7. Revertere Sulamitis
- 8. Laeva ejus sub capite meo
Scott Wilkinson (* 1922)
Rise up my love
Viktor Kalabis (* 1923)
Canticum canticorum
Daniel Pinkham (* 1923)
Wedding cantata
- 1. Rise up, my love
- 3. Awake, O north wind
- 4. Set me as a seal
Yehudah Engel (1924 - 1991)
Dodi Li (1957) [SATB, 4']
Heimo Erbse (1924 - 2005)
Das Hohelied Salomos op. 26 [S, Bar, orch, 31'] (as op. 26a for S, Bar, piano)
Nira Chen (* 1924)
Dodi Li [S, piano, 3']
Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar (* 1924)
Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
Friedrich Radermacher (* 1924)
Stehe auf, meine Freundin (1997) [mixed choir, 2 trp, 3 trb, 17']
Manos Hadzidakis (Hadjidakis) (1925 - 1994)
[hadjidakis.gr]
O Megalos Erotikos, op. 30 (1972)
- Krataia os thanatos agapi [5'] youtube youtube
Thomas Christian David (* 1925)
Ich bin die Rose im Tal [6']
Giselher Klebe (* 1925)
Surge aquilo et veni auster, op. 60 [organ] (non-vocal)
Ben-Zion Orgad (1926 - 2006)
The Good Dream (1995) [A, vl, 7']
Ruth Zechlin (* 1926)
Das Hohelied (1979) [T, orch, 20']
Lawrence Avery (* 1927)
K'shoshanah
Tzvi Avni (* 1927)
Three Songs from "Song of Songs" (1957) [S, piano, 7']
- 1. I Am The Rose of Sharon [2']
- 2. Take Us The Foxes [1']
- 3. Behold Thou Art Fair [4']
Zdenek Lukáš (* 1928)
Quam pulchra es [SSA]
Günter Berger (* 1929)
Sieben Sequenzen pazifistischer Botschaften
- 4. Lege mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz
Nikos Mamangakis (Mamagkakis) (* 1929)
[nikosmamangakis.com]
Iera Tragoudia tou Erota/Asma Asmaton (2000)
Jack Gottlieb (* 1930)
Set me as a seal (1991) (Choral dance)
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's (Arias)
- 1. Comfort me with apples
- 2. On my bed at night
- 3. Come, my beloved
- 4. The Shulamite's praises
- 5. My beloved went down to his garden
Scenes from the Song of Songs (cantata)
Romuald Twardowski (* 1930)
Canticum Canticorum (1994) [S, orch]
Milton Barnes (1931 - 2001)
Shir hashirim (1975)
John Bertalot (* 1931)
Set me as a seal [SATB]
Rudolf Kelterborn (* 1931)
Gesänge der Liebe (1988)
Bernadetta Matuszczak (* 1931)
Canticum Canticorum (1979) [Mezzo, Bar, choir(AB), orch, 20']
Harold Owen (* 1931)
From the Song of Solomon (1979-80)
- 1. The Voice of My Beloved [SATB]
- 2. My Beloved is Mine [S, ob]
- 3. Arise, My Love [S, SATB, ob, organ]
Raoul Pleskow (* 1931)
Motet and Madrigal
- 2. Surge aquilo et veni auster
Dov Carmel (* 1932)
Hastav avar [SMA, 3']
Ki hine hastav (1981) [SATB, 4']
Uri Tsafon (1966) [SAB, 2 fl, cl, gtr, bass, 2']
Uri Tsafon (1998) [SATB, 4']
Michael Horvit (* 1932)
Daughters of Jerusalem [solo vl, orch] (non-vocal)
Robert Powell (* 1932)
Set me as a seal [SATB, organ, 2']
John Derek Sanders (1933 - 2003)
My beloved spake (1996) [3']
Herbert Callhoff (* 1933)
Lege mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz (2007) [SATB, 8']
Peter Naylor (* 1933)
The Voice Of My Beloved (1975) [S, piano, 4']
Krzysztof Penderecki (* 1933)
Canticum Canticorum Salomonis [17']
Henryk Gorecki (* 1933)
Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
Srul Irving Glick (1934 - 2002)
Seven Tableaux From The Song Of Songs (1992) [S, vl, vc, piano, 25']
- 1. O Let Him Kiss Me
- 2. I Am Dark But Lovely
- 3. King Solomon's Wedding Procession
- 4. How Beautiful You Are, My Love
- 5. The Little Foxes
- 6. He Took Me To The Wine Garden
- 7. Set Me As A Seal Upon Your Heart
Clifford N. Bohnson (* 1934)
Three Biblical Songs
- 1. By night on my bed [S, piano, 2'] score (scorch)
- 2. Thou hast ravished my heart [Bar, piano, 2'] score (scorch)
- 3. I found him [S, Bar, piano, 4'] score (scorch)
Mario Davidovsky (* 1934)
Scenes from Shir ha-Shirim (1975) [27']
Shulamit's Dream (1993) [15']
Peter Maxwell Davies (* 1934)
Canticum Canticorum (2001)
Walter Steffens (* 1934)
Das Hohelied op. 66 (1993) (non-vocal) [vl, kb, 18']
Das Lied der Lieder op. 67 (1993) [mixed choir a9]
Henning Frederichs (1936 - 2003)
Shir ha-shirim (1998) [ob d'amore, org] (non-vocal)
Noam Sheriff (* 1935)
Song of Songs (1981) [fl, ch. orch, 24'] (non-vocal)
Hans Zender (* 1936)
Shir Hashirim - Lied der Lieder
Hans Ulrich Lehmann (* 1937)
Lege mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz (1980) [S, fl, clarinette]
Osculetur me (1989) [S, bassethorn, 13']
ut signaculum (1992) [S, Bar, orch, 26']
Thomas McLelland-Young (* 1937)
Set me as a seal [SATB]
Werner Jacob (1938 - 2006)
Canticum 2 - Canticum canticorum (1990)
John Caldwell (* 1938)
Tota pulchra es
James McCray (* 1938)
Rise Up My Love [SATB, fl, piano]
Alfred Mitterhofer (1940 - 1999)
Setze mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz (1982) [T, vla, tamburin, trg, 4']
Adolphus Hailstork (* 1941)
Arise! my beloved sample wma
Set me as a seal sample wma
Wilfried Hiller (* 1941)
Schulamit (1977 - 1993) [S, B, speaker, SSAATBarB, orch, 60']
- 1. Suchen des Geliebten sample mp3
- 2. Im Garten der Liebe
- 3. Prozession, Tanz und Abschied
Claus Bantzer (* 1942)
Drei Hohelied-Motetten
- 1. Des Nachts auf meinem Lager [4'] sample ram
- 2. Komm, mein Freund [2'] sample ram
- 3. Er küsse mich [5'] sample ram
Gerald Near (* 1942)
Arise, My Love, My Fair One [SATB]
Sven-David Sandström (* 1942)
Four Songs of Love (2008) [6-part mixed choir a cappella]
Shlomo Bar (* 1943)
Yavo Dodi Legano (1985)
Andries Clement (* 1943)
Hooglied I
Hooglied II
Alexander Knaifel (* 1943)
Kapitel acht. Canticum canticorum (1993) [4 choirs and vc]
Frank Michael (* 1943)
Traum der Sulamith op. 37a (1974), [voice, orch, 11']
Das Hohe Lied op. 37b (1974) [choir a cappella, 9']
Anna Laura Page (* 1943)
Set me as seal [mixed choir, organ, 4'] flash
Imant Raminsh (* 1943)
Rise up, my love [SSA, vla, piano]
Elzbieta Sikora (* 1943)
Le chant de Salomon
Bill Douglas (* 1944)
[billdouglas.cc]
Rise up my love [SATB] score sample (musicnotes)
Raymond Luedeke (* 1944)
Prayers, poems and incantations for the Earth (2001)
- 4. Rise up, my love
Peter Mathews (* 1944)
[petermathews.net]
Three Songs of Solomon (1970)
1. I Am the Rose of Sharon [high voice]
2. Rise Up, My Fair One [low voice]
3. Thou Art Beautiful, O My Love [duet]
The Dream (1976) [low voice]
I Sat Down Under His Shadow (1994) [SATB]
David Ashley White (* 1944)
Two Fragments from Song of Solomon (1996) [SATB, piano]
- Arise, my love [2']
- Set me as a seal [2']
Andrew Chapman (* 1945)
Come then, my beloved (2001) [Bar, SATB, organ, 6'] score (scorch)
Set me as a seal (2002) [S, piano, 2'] score (scorch)
Ronald Hannah (* 1945)
From song of Solomon (1970/79)
Jacques Lenot (* 1945)
Surge aquilo (1999) [B, organ, 10']
Anatolijus Šenderovas (* 1945)
Simeni kahotam al libecha (1992) [S, B, solo perc, orch, 29']
Catherine Aks (* 1946)
I am the rose [SATB, organ or piano]
Robert Xavier Rodriguez (* 1946)
The Song of Songs (1982) [S, narrator, ch. ensemble] sample wma
Robert Walker (* 1946)
As the Apple Tree
Joelle Wallach (* 1946)
Simeni Kachotam (1987) [Mezzo, orch, 17']
Gary Bachlund (* 1947)
From the Song of Songs (1998) [S, piano, 15']
- 1. I am black but comely [3']
- 2. My Love (You are wholly beautiful) [2']
- 3. I am sick with love (While I slept by night) [4']
- 4. Return! (My love is mine) [2']
- 5. A Seal Upon Your Heart [4']
Barry Truax (* 1947)
Song of Songs (1992) [oboe d'amore, English horn, two digital soundtracks]
- 1. Morning [4']
- 2. Afternoon [5'] sample mp3
- 3. Evening [5']
- 4. Night and Daybreak [5']
Howard Skempton (* 1947)
Rise up, my love (2002) [11']
Brian Elias (* 1948)
Song (1986)
Herbert Grassl (* 1948)
Ich bin eine Blume auf den Wiesen des Sharon (1987)
Bo Holten (* 1948)
Ego flos campi
Fulcite me floribus [SATB]
Dmitry Nikolayevich Smirnov (* 1948)
Song of Songs op. 101 (1997) (cantata) [S, T, choir, orch, 25']
Curtis Bryant (* 1949)
Song of Songs (1984)
- Set Me as a Seal
- Arise, My Love
- I Am the Rose of Sharon mp3
Moshe Denburg (* 1949)
Shuvi Shuvi [6'] sample mp3
Rachel Galinne (* 1949)
From Song of Songs (1986) [S, ch. ensemble]
Stephen Paulus (* 1949)
Arise My Love [SSAATTBB, 4']
Jane Roman Pitt (* 1949)
[janeromanpitt.com]
Kumi Lach (Arise my love) [SATB] sample mp3
Stephen Chatman (* 1950)
You have ravished my heart (1982) [SATB, 4']
The Song of Solomon (1986)
James Dillon (* 1950)
residue... (1999)
Bradley Nelson (* 1950)
Arise, My Love, My Fair One [SSA, piano, 4'] mp3, sample score
Doreen Rao (* 1950)
Dodi Li
Menachem Wiesenberg (* 1950)
By night on my bed (1998) [solo voice, 3']
Andrew Donaldson (* 1951)
I slept, but my heart was awake
Lee R. Kesselman (* 1951)
I Am Come Into My Garden [SA, piano]
I Am My Beloved's [SA, piano]
So Is My Beloved [SA, piano]
Michael Larkin (* 1951)
Set me as a seal [SATB, piano]
Gerhard Müller-Hornbach (* 1951)
Gesänge der Liebe (1983-86)
- 1. Überwältigung
- 2. Traumgesang
- 3. Gesang der Sehnsucht
- 4. Gesang der Nacht
- 5. Gesang von der Schönheit
- 6. Zwiegesang
- 7. Hymne
Mark Carlson (* 1952)
From the Song of Songs (1988) [S, piano]
From the Song of Songs II (1992) [Ms, piano]
Paul Gibson (* 1952)
[paulgibsonmusic.com]
My Sister, My Bride [SATB, 5'] youtube
Infinite Fires [medium voice, piano]
René Clausen (* 1953)
Set me as a seal mp3, mp3
Christos Hatzis (* 1953)
From the Song of Songs (2008) [A, T, SATB, oud, str quartet or small orch, harpsichord, 18']
- 1. Shalom - Salaam (I am the rose of Sharon/My beloved spake)
- 2. My Beloved is Mine
- 3. Meanings and Riddles (The Song of Songs/Let him kiss me)
Howard Arman (* 1954)
Seine Linke liegt unter meinem Haupte
- 1. Trope
- 2. Reel
- 3. Rumba
Jonathan Berger (* 1954)
Al Mishkavi Baleilot (A, vl)
Arlen Clarke (* 1954)
[arlenclarke.com]
Set me as a seal (2003) [SATB] mp4, score (scorch)
Set me as a seal (2003) [SAB version] score (scorch)
Steve Cohen (* 1954)
[stevecohenmusic.net]
Simeni Chachotam (2004) [S, piano]
Jean-Pierre Deleuze (* 1954)
Tota pulchra es, amica mea (2010) (oratorio) [6 voices, organ, cornet, recorder, electronics, 75']
Jan Sandström (* 1954)
Surge aquilo (1998) [mixed choir a16]
Byron Adams (* 1955)
Set me as a seal (1994) [T, TTBB, 2'] mp3
Dušan Bogdanovic (* 1955)
Shuvi, Shuvi Hashulamit
Bob Chilcott (* 1955)
Singing by Numbers (1996)
- 2. The singing of birds [2'] mp3
David Conte (* 1955)
Set me as a seal [SATB, organ]
Eleanor Daley (* 1955)
Rise Up My Love [SSAA]
Set Me as a Seal [SATB]
Joachim Grabinski (* 1955)
[grabinski-online.de]
Motetten aus dem Lied der Lieder (2006)
- Des Nachts auf meinem Lager [SSATB, 2'] midi
- Ihr Töchter Jerusalems [SSATB, 2'] midi
- Dreh dich im Tanze, Schulamit [SATB, 2'] midi
Francis Grier (* 1955)
Two Motets (1987) [SSAATTBB, organ]
- 1. Dilectus meus mihi [7']
The Voice of My Beloved (1991) [SATB, 4']
Jürgen Pfiester (* 1955)
Des Nachts (2001) [a4]
Daniel Dorff (* 1956)
Four Hebrew Love Songs (2002) [voice, piano]
- 1. Yi shakeni mineshikot
- 2. Kumi lach
- 3. Hadigah li she'ahavah
- 4. Dodi li
Mark Gresham (* 1956)
Three Passages from the Song of Solomon [SATB]
- 1. Rise up, My Love
- 2. I Sleep, But My Heart Waketh
- 3. Set Me as a Seal sample mp3
John Leavitt (* 1956)
Two Love Songs from the Song of Songs
- Rise up my love [SATB, piano or SSA, piano]
- Set me as a seal [SATB] sample mp3
Daniel Maggiolo (* 1956)
Cantar de cantares (1988) [fl, guitar] (non-vocal)
Vladimir Sidorov (* 1956)
King Solomon's Song of Songs op. 70 (1992) (9 ballet scenes) piano score
- 1. Introduction: Izlilos is sierdca (Out of my heart flow pleasant words) mp3
- 2. Part 1: Da lobzaiet on menya lobzaniem (Let his lips kiss me) mp3
- 3. Part 2: Ya splyou, no sierdce ne speet (I sleep, but my heart doesn't sleep) mp3
- 4. Part 3: Vstan, voslyublennaya moya (Rise up, my love) mp3
- 5. Part 4: Na lozhe moyem nochyou (By night on my bed) mp3
- 6. Part 5: O, ty prekrasna (Oh, you are beautiful) mp3
- 7. Part 6: Okruglenie bedr tvoikh (The joints of your thighs are like jewels) mp3
- 9. Part 8: Polozhi menya, kak pechat (Set me as a seal) mp3
Iris Szeghy (* 1956)
Tebe (To You) (1983) [S, T, fl, chit, vlc, trg, 15']
- 1. Osculetur me
- 2. Quam pulchra es
- 3. Vox dilecti mei
- 4. Pone me ut signaculum
Laurence Traiger (* 1956)
Noch im Schlaf - Vom Gesang der Gesänge [a12: SATB solo choir and 2 SATB tutti choirs]
Daniel Glaus (* 1957)
Chammawet ahawah (1989)
Jorge Liderman (* 1957)
Song of Songs sample ram, sample ram, sample ram
Jana Skarecky (* 1957)
Arise, my love (1980/82) [S, trumpet, vc, organ, 3']
Joanne Metcalf (* 1958)
Ego dilecto meo (2002)
John Rommereim (* 1958)
[grinnell.edu]
Convivencia (2003) [choir, string quartet, harp, 25']
- 1. Surge amica mea [7'] mp3
- 2. Adiuro vos [1'] mp3
- 3. Vox dilecti mei [4'] mp3
- 4. Uri tsafon (Awake, O North Wind) [SSAATTBB, 7'] mp3
Set me as a seal (2006) [unacc. choir, 4'] mp3
Toivo Tulev (* 1958)
Songs (2005) [soloists, choir, chamber ensemble, 30'] sample flash
- 1. By night on my bed
- 4. Nigra sum sed formosa
- 5. Behold, thou art fair
- 6. I am come into my garden
Matthias Ronnefeld (1959 - 1986)
Sieben Lieder nach dem Hohelied Salomons (1982)
- 1. Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz wacht sample wma
- 2. Erquicket mich mit Blumen
- 3. Sage mir an, du, den meine Seele liebet sample wma
- 4. Wie schön und wie lieblich bist du
- 5. Ich will aufstehen
- 6. Dein Schoß ist wie ein runder Becher
- 7. O daß du mir gleich einem Bruder wärest
Richard Pantcheff (* 1959)
Come, My Beloved
Gerald Cohen (* 1960)
[geraldcohenmusic.com]
Libavtini Achoti Chala [solo voice, SATB, piano, 3']
Gaetano Lorandi (* 1960)
Lege mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz (2007) [a4]
Joel Martinson (* 1960)
Arise, my love sample mp3
Piet Swerts (* 1960)
Heilige Seelenlust (2006-2008) (oratorio) [S, T, children’s choir, male choir, female choir, string orch., 2 pianos, 2 harps, 2 alto recorders, 14 wind players, 2 conductors]
Shira Kammen (* 1961)
Awake, north wind [S, vielle, 3'] sample wma
Barry Oliver (* 1961)
I sat down under his shadow (1995) [TTBB, piano, 3'] mp3
Frank Schwemmer (* 1961)
In lectulo meo - 3 Hoheliedmotetten (1995) [mixed choir a5-12]
Karen Tanaka (* 1961)
The Song of Songs (1996) [vc, electronics, 8'] (non-vocal)
Gabriel Jackson (* 1962)
I am the Rose of Sharon (2001) [6']
Jonathan M. Miller (* 1962)
Kisses of Myrrh (2001) [a5 mixed choir]
- 1. Let him kiss me
- 2. Thy lips
- 3. While the king sat
- 4. Thy two breasts
- 5. Awake, O north wind
I am the rose of Sharon
J. David Moore (* 1962)
[jdavidmoore.net]
Rise up my love (2003) [SATB] sample mp3
Alexandros Mouzas (* 1962)
[mouzas.com]
Asma Asmaton (2008) [multimedia production, Ms, chamber ensemble, laptop, video, dance, 20']
Larry Visser (* 1962)
Set me as a seal [SATB]
Klaus Miehling (* 1963)
O quam tu pulchra es, op. 28 (1989) [Bar, 4 viole da gamba, bc, 6']
Anima mea liquefacta est, op. 34 (1991) [S, 4 viole da gamba, bc, 6']
Setze mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz, op. 132 (2007) [SATB, 8']
Dilectus meus descendit, op. 138 (2007) [S, 4 recorders, 9']
Marco Podda (* 1963)
Nigra sum (1996) [SATB]
Yuval Shay-El (* 1963)
Shir Hashirim (2003) [voice, piano, 7']
Mark Argent (* 1964)
[markargent.com]
Song of the Beloved [T, 2 baroque fl, harpsichord, vc, 12']
- The fountain in my garden
- Hark! My beloved!
- My beloved spoke
- My beloved is mine
- Night after night on my bed
- The fountain in my garden
Ivan Moody (* 1964)
[ivanmoody.co.uk]
Canticum Canticorum I (1985) [ATTB, 6']
- 1. Surge, propera amica mea [2'] mp3, sample wma, sample wma
- 2. Descendi in hortum meum [2'] mp3, sample wma, sample wma
- 3. Ego dilecto meo [2'] mp3, sample wma, sample wma
Canticum Canticorum II (1994) [ATTB, 12']
- 1. Prologue
- 2. Let him kiss me
- 3. Draw me, we will run after thee
- 4. I am black but comely
- 5. Draw me, we will run after thee
- 6. Tell me, o thou whom my soul loveth
- 7. Epilogue
Canticum Canticorum III (1997) [T, harp, 4']
Samuel Tramin (* 1964)
[samuel-tramin.com]
...des Nachts auf meinem Lager (2007) [Ms, vc, 14']
Michael Hopkins (* 1966)
Set me as a seal (2004) [SATB, 5']
Giuseppe Mignemi (* 1966)
[giuseppemignemi.it]
Surge aquilo (2004) [SATB, 2'] score (pdf)
Pietro Ferrario (* 1967)
Hortus conclusus (2003) [mixed choir]
Frank Gerhardt (* 1967)
[frankgerhardt.info]
Wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz (1998) [S, vl, harpsichord, 15']
Zad Moultaka (* 1967)
[zadmoultaka.com]
Anashid [A, mixed choir, orch, oriental percussion]
- 1. Sulamite [2'] sample wma
- 2. Thamar (Fruit) [8'] sample wma
- 3. Sawt Habibi (The voice of my beloved) [8'] sample wma
- 4. Fil Layali (By night) [6'] sample wma
- 5. Bakhoor (Incense) [6'] sample wma
- 6. Hobbi (Wind) [4'] sample wma
- 7. Ej'zebni (Attract me) [2'] sample wma
- 8. Ohrub (Make haste) [9'] sample wma
Ian Carpenter (* 1969)
Set me as a seal upon thine heart [S, SATB]
David N. Childs (* 1969)
Set me as a seal [SATB, trombone, piano, 3'] mp3
Antony Pitts (* 1969)
[cd.tp]
Songs of Purity and Strength (1988) [SSAATTBB, 7']
- 1. Come with me from Lebanon
- 3. I slept but my heart was awake
- 5. Awake north wind
- 7. Place me like a seal
Set me as a seal [SMsATBarB] (2005)
Frank Ekeberg (* 1970)
...des cantiques (1997) [electroacoustic, 22'] rm
Lior Navok (* 1971)
[liornavok.com]
Al Mishkavi Baleylot (1992) [S, harp, 5']
Timothy Snyder (* 1971)
Rise up my love [SSA, piano, 3'] mp3
Calvin Bowman (* 1972)
I am the rose of Sharon
Joseph G. Stephens (* 1972)
[stephensmusic.com]
Song of Songs (O rise up my love) [SATB, piano, 3'] score (scorch)
Aaron Garber (* 1973)
[aarongarber.com]
Set Me As A Seal (2001) [SATB, 3']
John D. Nugent (* 1973)
Set me as a seal [S, 2 vl, vla, vc]
Michelle Willis (* 1974)
Set me as a seal (1999) [SB, piano, 3'] sample mp3 score (scorch)
Laura Farnell (* 1975)
Arise, my love [SSA, piano] sample mp3
Set me as a seal [TB, piano] sample mp3
Milosz Bembinow (* 1978)
[bembinow.com]
Res Tua (oratorio)
- 11. Osculetur me
- 13. Vox dilecti mei
- 15. Quae est ista quae ascendit sample mp3
- 17. Ego dormio
- 19. Veni dilecte mi
- 21. Et nunc reges
Alessandro Cadario (* 1979)
[alessandrocadario.com]
Surge aquilo (2005) [SATB, organ, 5']
Surge aquilo (2008) [SATB, 5']
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (* 1979)
[ayeletrose.com]
Mayim Rabim (Great Waters)
- 1. Tapuah [7'] (Apples) sample mp3
- 2. Har'ee'nee [5'] (Show me) sample mp3
- 3. Al Mishkavi (As I lay) [4'] sample mp3
- 4. Min Ha'midbar [2'] (From the desert) sample mp3
- 5. Libavtini [6'] (You ravished my heart) sample mp3
- 6. Pithi Li [4'] (Open up) sample mp3
- 7. Patahti [3'] (I opened) sample mp3
- 8. Ana Halah [2'] (Where did he go) sample mp3
- 9. Ma Yafit [4'] (How beautiful) sample mp3
- 10. Mayim Rabim [8'] (Great waters) sample mp3
Marta Staszewska (M. Walkusz) (* 1979)
[martasta.prv.pl]
Canticum Canticorum (2003) [S, Bar, SATB, orch, 35'] score (scorch)
Ryan Streber (* 1979)
[ryanstreber.com]
Tota pulchra es (2001) [S, fl, clarinet, vl, vc, perc, piano]
Gilad Cohen (* 1980)
[giladcohen.com]
Al Mishkavi Baleylot (By night on my bed) (2006) [SATB, orch, 10']
Emerson W. Eads (* 1980)
Awake, O North Wind (2006) [A, piano, 2'] score (scorch)
Jonathan Keren (* 1980)
[jonathankeren.com]
Dodi Zach Ve'Adom (My beloved is white and red) (2004) [vl, vc, piano] (non-vocal)
Rucsandra Popescu (* 1980)
[rucsandrapopescu.ro]
...und hast mich lieb... (2007) [a4]
Luke Zaccaro (* 1980)
Set me as a seal (2004) [S, piano, 2'] score (scorch)
Nico Muhly (* 1981)
[nicomuhly.com]
Set me as a seal (2003) [SATB, piano, 8']
Jim Clements (* 1983)
[jimclements.co.uk]
Tota pulchra es, amica mea (2011) [S, Bar, organ, 4']
Andrew Baldwin (* 1986)
[andrewbaldwincomposer.com]
Set me as a seal [mixed choir, organ, 4']
Jeffrey Derenski (* 1988)
Set me as a seal (2007) [TTBB, piano, 3'] score (scorch)
year of birth unknown, in alphabetical order:
Mark Browse
Surge aquilo (2001) [S, T, SATB, vl, vc, piano] score (scorch)
Dudley Cohen
Hinach Yafah (1962) [SATB, oriental percussion, 2']
Nissim Cohen Hav-Ron
Hayoshevet Baganim (1960) [SATB, 2']
Achiya Delouya
Ani L'Dodi [SATB, piano]
Yuri Edelstein
Al Mishkavi Baleilot [3']
Simeni Kachotam [4']
Samchuni Ba Ashishot [2']
Mary Feinsinger
Hinach Yafah [SSATTB]
Enrique Feliú
Cantar de cantares
Anthony Frost-Helmsing
I sat down under his shadow (2002) [SSAATB, 4'] mp3
Chris Gill
Rise up my Love (2000) [S, piano, 2'] score (scorch)
Mary Goetze
Song of Songs
Philip Hall
My beloved spake [3']
William C. Hammel
Canticum Canticorum Salomonis [Bar, orch]
Victor C. Johnson
Set me as a seal
Heather Josselyn-Cranson
Four Settings from the Song of Songs
Robin John King
Set me as a seal [SATB]
Karen Marrolli
Rise up my love
Set me as a seal
Richard Nance
Set me as a seal [SATB, French horn, piano or organ] (SSAA version available)
Joke Nauta
Hooglied 6
Kenneth Neufeld
The Rose of Sharon [SATB, piano, 3']
Sloan Rolando
[unmercenary.com]
Set me as a seal [SAT, 5'] midi
C. Colby Sachs
How fine you are
My sister, my bride
Two Wedding Songs [voice, piano]
- 1. Hinach Yafah
- 2. Libavtini Achoti
Robert Scholz
Set me as a seal
Tsvi Sherf
Dudaim [SATB]
Baruch Skeer
Song of Songs (Ani L'Dodi) (1994) [S, 4'] mp3 score (pdf)
Cole Thomason-Redus
Nigra Sum
Nori Yaacobi (N. Jacobi)
Dream of Jerusalem (2005) [S, 2 overtones singers, string quartet, ud]
Mark Zuckerman
Kol Dodi (1997) [7'] mp3
Ani L'Dodi V'Alay T'shukato (1998) [1']
It is not clear to me whether or not the following settings are based on the biblical Song of Songs. Hints are appreciated.
Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965)
Veni sponsa (1919)
Ego flos op. 77 (1920) [voice, piano]
Veni electa op. 125 (1939) [mixed choir, organ]
Jules van Nuffel (1883 - 1953)
Electa mea [S, 2 voices, organ, 3']
Arthur Meulemans (1884 - 1966)
Electa mea [a4, organ]
Alan Stout (* 1932)
Canticum Canticorum [S, vla, orch, 9']
Jacques Lejeune (* 1940)
Le Cantique des Cantiques (1989) [electronic, 65']
Johannes Fritsch (* 1941)
Hohes Lied (1988)
Gunter Waldek (* 1953)
Das Hohe Lied (1993)
Gianmartino Durighello (* 1961)
Veni electa mea (1995) [SATB]
Christian Märkl (* 1979)
Quem diligit anima mea (2010)
Hints, suggestions and corrections are welcome. Please, send them to jgrabinski(at]gmx.net .
URL of this document is www.grabinski-online.de/div/hoheslied.html.
A discography can be found here.