HENRY LAHEE

Henry Lahee (1826-1912) was born in Chelsea, London. He studied under John Goss and William Sterndale Bennett. He held organist positions at several churches, including Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, and was well known as a professor, writer, and composer. His works include the Metrical Psalter (with William Irons), Famous Singers of Today and Yesterday, and One Hundred Hymn Tunes. He composed cantatas, songs, instrumental works, a number of hymns, anthems and part-songs. His part-songs were very popular, winning prizes for in various competitions: ‘Now the bright morning star’ (Bristol 1869); ‘Hark, how the birds’ (Bristol, 1869); ‘Hence, loathed Melancholy’ (Manchester, 1878); ‘Away to the hunt’ (Glasgow, 1879); ‘Love in my bosom’ (London Madrigal Society, 1880); and ‘Ah! woe is me’ (London Madrigal Society, 1884). Of his other part-songs, ‘The Unfaithful Shepherdess,’ ‘Love me little, love me long,’ and ‘Bells,’ were especially popular throughout the country.

 

All are SATB; some contain divisi.

 

TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
Ah! Woe is me	SSATTB	Henry Lahee	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
All ye woods and trees and bowers	SSATB	Beaumont & Fletcher	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Go, when morning shineth (sacred)		Jane Cross Simpson	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Hark how the birds on every bloomy spray	SSATTB	Alexander Pope	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Hence, loathèd melancholy	SSATB	Milton	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Higher, higher we climb		James Montgomery	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Labour		Caroline F. Orne	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Love me little, love me long		anon.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Never say fail		Aldine S. Kieffer	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sweet content		Thomas Dekker	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The bells	SATBdiv	Edgar Allan Poe	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The new year		Tennyson	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The Spring		Samuel W. Partridge	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The Thresher		G. Bennett	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The unfaithful shepherdess	SATB/T solo	anon.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Waiting for the May		Denis MacCarthy	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
When twilight’s parting blush		Horace Smoth	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing