Texts by M. Moore set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- Tell Me, Tell Me
- The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore
- The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.
- a contrapuntalist — * - J. Hall (Melchior Vulpius)
- A jellyfish () - S. Adler [x] *
- A talisman (Under a splintered mast torn) - R. Robbins [x] *
- Carnegie Hall: Rescued (It spreads,” the campaign—carried on) - J. Hall *
- Chameleon () (from O to be a Dragon) - L. Spratlan [x] *
- Dream (The committee — now a permanent body —) - J. Hall *
- English Usage (Make a fuss and be tedious) (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) - V. Thomson *
- Epilogue (Our peregrination must end there) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
- I am hard to disgust * - J. Hall (Mercifully)
- If I, like Solomon, * - S. Adler, W. Bolcom (O to be a dragon)
- If we lend no aid in this world of care (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The horse and the ass)
- I sing when Aesop’s wand animates my lyre (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - S. Adler, J. Hall (To His Royal Highness the Dauphin)
- It spreads,” the campaign—carried on * - J. Hall (Carnegie Hall: Rescued)
- I've Been Thinking... (Make a fuss and be tedious) (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) *
- Make a fuss and be tedious (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) * - V. Thomson (I've Been Thinking...)
- Melchior Vulpius (a contrapuntalist —) - J. Hall *
- Mercifully (I am hard to disgust) - J. Hall *
- My crow Pluto (Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato) (from Tell Me, Tell Me) - V. Thomson *
- Now one of Doctor Fear-the-Worst’s cases was sad (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The physicians)
- Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato (from Tell Me, Tell Me) * - V. Thomson (To Victor Hugo of My Crow Pluto)
- On his airy perch among the branches (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The fox and the crow)
- O to be a dragon (If I, like Solomon,) - S. Adler, W. Bolcom *
- Our peregrination must end there (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (Epilogue)
- Propriety/ is some such word * - J. Hall (Propriety)
- Propriety (Propriety/ is some such word) - J. Hall *
- Strike till the iron is hot (Make a fuss and be tedious) (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) - V. Thomson *
- Take all that is there and forfeit increment (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The hen that laid the golden eggs)
- The committee — now a permanent body — * - J. Hall (Dream)
- The fox and the crow (On his airy perch among the branches) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
- The hen that laid the golden eggs (Take all that is there and forfeit increment) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
- The horse and the ass (If we lend no aid in this world of care) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
- The physicians (Now one of Doctor Fear-the-Worst’s cases was sad) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
- To a chameleon () (from O to be a Dragon) - S. Adler [x] *
- To His Royal Highness the Dauphin (I sing when Aesop’s wand animates my lyre) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - S. Adler, J. Hall *
- To Victor Hugo of My Crow Pluto (Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato) (from Tell Me, Tell Me) *
- Under a splintered mast torn [x] * - R. Robbins
Last update: 2023-05-10 14:42:39