Rich Man and Lazarus - in Music and Song

In Music and Song

• "Dives Malus" (the wicked rich man) also known as "Historia Divitis" (c.1640) by Giacomo Carissimi is a Latin paraphrase of the Luke text, set as an oratorio for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass; for private performance in the oratories of Rome in the 1640s.
• Mensch, was du tust a German sacred concerto by Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652–1732)
• The story appeared as an English folk song whose oldest written documentation dates from 1557, with the depiction of the afterlife altered to fit Christian tradition. The song was also published as the Child ballad Dives and Lazarus in the 19th century. Ralph Vaughan Williams based his orchestral piece Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939) on this folk song, and also used an arrangement as the hymn tune Kingsfold.
• "Poor Man Lazarus." (19thC) a spiritual sung by North American slaves in the 19th century, is unrelated to the Child Ballad.

• "The Tramp on the Street" (1948) by husband-and-wife bluegrass duo Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
• "Diversus and Lazarus" (2004) by Steeleye Span on the album They Called Her Babylon is based on the Child Ballad.
• "No Second Chances" (2007) by Christian metal band Whitecross
• "Chasm" (2009) song on the 2009 album, Memento Mori, by alternative rock band Flyleaf.