Texts by A. MacLeish set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- Adam's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- Alien () - J. Duke [x] *
- An eternity (There is no dusk to be) (from Tower of Ivory) - G. Bachlund
- Dedication () (from New Found Land) - D. Moore [x] *
- Epistle to be left in the earth () (from New Found Land) - C. Chávez [x] *
- Eve answers the burdock () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- Eve explains to the thrush who repeats everything () (from Songs for Eve) - E. Laderman [x] *
- Eve in the dawn () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander, E. Laderman [x] *
- Eve old () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- Eve quiets her children () (from Songs for Eve) - E. Laderman [x] *
- Eve's child () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- Eve's exile () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander, E. Laderman [x] *
- Eve's Now-I-Lay-Me () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander, E. Laderman [x] *
- Eve's rebuke to her child () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander, E. Laderman [x] *
- Eve's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- Eve to the storm of thunder () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- Go secretly and put me in the ground (from The Pot of Earth) [x] * - R. Finney
- Go secretly (Go secretly and put me in the ground) (from The Pot of Earth) - R. Finney [x] *
- Heart's remembering () - L. Breedlove [x]
- Pole star for this year () - J. Duke [x] *
- Pole star () - J. Slothouwer [x] *
- Quite unexpectedly as Vasserot (from Streets in the Moon) * - R. Cumming, J. Duke, P. Spino (The end of the world)
- Salute () (from New Found Land) - R. Finney [x] *
- Songs of Time and the Infinite [song cycle] () - A. Biales [x] *
- The babe's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- The end of the world (Quite unexpectedly as Vasserot) (from Streets in the Moon) - R. Cumming, J. Duke, P. Spino *
- The fall () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- The flowers of the sea are brief (from The Pot of Earth) [x] * - R. Finney
- The flowers of the sea (The flowers of the sea are brief) (from The Pot of Earth) - R. Finney [x] *
- The linden branch () - M. Gideon [x] *
- Theory of Poetry () - M. Gideon [x] *
- There is no dusk to be (from Tower of Ivory) - G. Bachlund (An eternity)
- The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - E. Laderman [x] *
- The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - E. Laderman [x] *
- The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - E. Laderman [x] *
- The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - E. Laderman [x] *
- These, my Ophelia, stars are not now * - T. Chanler, R. Finney
- These, my Ophelia (These, my Ophelia, stars are not now) - T. Chanler, R. Finney *
- The serpent's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- The snow fall () - M. Gideon [x] *
- The Too-Late Born (We too, we too, descending once again) (from Poems 1924-1933) - M. Gideon *
- The two trees () - M. Gideon [x] *
- They seemed to be waiting () (from The Pot of Earth) - R. Finney [x] *
- Water is heavy silver over stone * - R. Sowash (What any lover learns)
- We too, we too, descending once again (from Poems 1924-1933) * - M. Gideon
- What any lover learns (Water is heavy silver over stone) - R. Sowash *
- What Eve said () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander [x] *
- What Eve sang () (from Songs for Eve) - J. Alexander, E. Laderman [x] *
Last update: 2023-05-10 20:50:38