set to music

• “Gedichte" (Stuttgart, 1836) and was set to music by Mendelssohn.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “Théodore Dubois have interpreted "The Seven Last Words on the Cross" and Lorenzo Perosi has set to music the "Passion according to St. Mark", but these compositions partake of the form of the oratorio.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip

• “Farther on German peasants danced waltzes on a charming lawn, and crowned with flowers the bust of her M.jesty the Empress, and shepherds and nymphs from the opera executed dances, Finally, a theater had been erected in the midst of the trees, on which was represented a village fete, a comedy composed by M. Ittienne, and set to music by Nicolo.”

  Recollections of the private life of Napoleon

• “Some of his songs set to music by Arnold and Shield, such as I am a Friar of Orders Grey, and The”

  A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

• “It has basic salsa, cha-cha and jive steps, set to music by Mariah Carey, Cher, Gwen Stefani, and ABBA which reminds me of my early Jazzercise classes!”

  Simon & Schuster: Rinnavation

• “Comus are masques set to music by Henry Lawes, having for their motives respectively family affection and maiden purity.”

  A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

• “D.F. Strauss quotes a description by a merchant of Karlsruhe of this scene: “Old Gluck sang and played, con amore, many passages from the 'Messiah' set to music by himself; his wife accompanying him in a few other pieces.””

  The Love Affairs of Great Musicians

• “This ode, which had been set to music by M'Gibbon, became a great favourite in Jacobite households, and created so much popular interest in the author's other works that imperfect versions of some of his unpublished poems, and even of those which were already in print, began to appear.”

  Life of Adam Smith

• “One of his poems was set to music by Mr. Henry Corri, and sung by Madame Vestris at Covent Garden.”

  Life and Remains of John Clare

• “To-morrow I hope to be able to call on Y.R.H. [K.] [Footnote 1: The Cantata Der glorreiche Augenblick, the poetry by Dr. Alois Weissenbach, set to music by Beethoven for chorus and orchestra (Op. 136), was first given in Vienna on the 29th November, 1814, and repeated on the 2d December.] 134.”

  Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2

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