(site maintained by Paul Douglass in collaboration with Frederick Burwick)

Marquis de Sade

This not-for-profit site is intended to make vocal music and lyrics of the of the early 19th century in the British Isles, Europe, Canada, the United States, and Australia more accessible. It includes contemporary music of the period and later settings (e.g., Brian Holmes's complete score for Death's Jest Book and Lori Lange's settings of Byron lyrics). For further information, contact Paul.Douglass@sjsu.edu

Albums:

Blackbeard; or, The Captive Princess, scenario and song texts by John Cartwright Cross, original score by James Sanderson. [Edited by Peter Broadwell, UCLA]

Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity!, Libretto by George Colman, the Younger, music by Michael Kelly.

A Selection of Hebrew Melodies, Ancient and Modern, by Isaac Nathan and Lord Byron.

Death's Jest-Book, by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, music by Brian Holmes.

Animal Magnetism, by Elizabeth Inchbald, music by Isaac Nathan and J. Augustine Wade.

A Bold Stroke for a Husband, by Hannah Cowley, Various Contemporary Composers and Lyricists, with Original Music and Arrangements by Brian Holmes and Vocal Arrangements by Holley Replogle.

Songs of Lady Caroline Lamb, Music by Isaac Nathan. Go to Caro: The Lady Caroline Lamb Website

The Haunted Tower (La Tour Enchantée, un Opéra-comique), by Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), Adapted by James Cobb, with musical score by Stephen Storace.

Contemporary Settings of Byron Lyrics, by Lori Lange.

Other Sites for Romantic-Era Music.

Lady Caroline Lamb