Texts by D. Parker set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- And if, my friend, you'd have it end (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (They part)
- A single flow'r he sent me, since we met (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab, E. Diemer, S. Goodyear (One perfect rose)
- A very short song (Once, when I was young and true) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Because your eyes are slant and slow - W. Mayer
- Biographies. 1. () (from Enough Rope) [x] *
- Bohemia () - M. Horder [x] *
- Bric à brac (Little things that no one needs) (from Sunset Gun) - M. Horder *
- Bric-Brac (Little things that no one needs) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
- Chant for dark hours (Some men, some men) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Chloe's hair, no doubt, was brighter (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Renunciation)
- Coda (There's little in taking or giving) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
- Comment (Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, E. Diemer *
- Condolence (They hurried here, as soon as you had died) - S. Goodyear *
- Convalescent () - M. Horder [x] *
- Four be the things I am wiser to know (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab, C. Wirth (Inventory)
- Four be the things (Four be the things I am wiser to know) (from Enough Rope) - C. Wirth *
- Frustration (If I had a shiny gun) *
- He'd have given me rolling lands (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (The choice)
- Here in my heart I am Helen (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Song of one of the girls)
- How am I to know () - J. King [x] *
- I always saw, I always said (from Sunset Gun) * - R. Gordon (The red dress)
- I do not like my state of mind (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Symptom recital)
- If I had a shiny gun * (Frustration) - R. Gordon
- I'm wearied of wearying love, my friend (from Death and Taxes and Other Poems) * - S. Barab (Ultimatum)
- Indian Summer (In youth, it was a way I had) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Inventory (Four be the things I am wiser to know) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- In youth, it was a way I had (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Indian Summer)
- Lady, lady should you meet (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab, B. Moore, J. Musto (Social note)
- Little things that no one needs (from Sunset Gun) * - S. Barab, M. Horder (Bric-á-Brac)
- Little white love, your way you've taken (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Now at liberty)
- Love has gone a-rocketing (from Enough Rope) * - M. Horder (Wail)
- Love song (My own dear love, he is strong and bold) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab
- Lullaby (Sleep, pretty lady, the night is enfolding you) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Men (They hail you as their morning star) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- My own dear love, he is strong and bold (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Love song)
- My own dear love () - M. Horder [x] *
- Now at liberty (Little white love, your way you've taken) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Now this is the story () (from Enough Rope) - P. Fetler [x] *
- Oh, I'd been better dying (from Sunset Gun) * - S. Barab (The trusting heart)
- Oh, I should like to ride the seas (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Song of perfect propriety)
- Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab, E. Diemer (Comment)
- Once, when I was young and true (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (A very short song)
- One perfect rose (A single flow'r he sent me, since we met) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, E. Diemer, S. Goodyear *
- Prophetic soul (Because your eyes are slant and slow) - W. Mayer
- Razors pain you (from Enough Rope) * - J. Musto, G. Parchman (Résumé)
- Renunciation (Chloe's hair, no doubt, was brighter) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Résumé (Razors pain you) (from Enough Rope) - J. Musto, G. Parchman *
- Rondeau redoublé (and scarcely worth the trouble, at that) (The same to me are sombre days and gay) (from Enough Rope)
- Rondeau redoublé (The same to me are sombre days and gay) (from Enough Rope) - H. Clarke
- Sleep, pretty lady, the night is enfolding you (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Lullaby)
- Social note (Lady, lady should you meet) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, B. Moore, J. Musto *
- Somebody's song (This is what I vow) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Some men, some men (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Chant for dark hours)
- Song in a minor key (There's a place I know where the birds swing low) (from Enough Rope) - G. Bachlund
- Song of one of the girls (Here in my heart I am Helen) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Song of perfect propriety (Oh, I should like to ride the seas) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- Sweet lady sleep befriend me [x] * - R. Robbins
- Symptom recital (I do not like my state of mind) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- The choice (He'd have given me rolling lands) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- The false friends (They laid their hands upon my head) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- The red dress (I always saw, I always said) (from Sunset Gun) - R. Gordon *
- There's a place I know where the birds swing low (from Enough Rope) - G. Bachlund (Song in a minor key)
- There's little in taking or giving (from Sunset Gun) * - S. Barab (Coda)
- The same to me are sombre days and gay (from Enough Rope) - H. Clarke (Rondeau redoublé (and scarcely worth the trouble, at that))
- The sea (Who lay against the sea, and fled) - J. Musto *
- The thin edge (With you, my heart is quiet here) - J. Heggie *
- The trusting heart (Oh, I'd been better dying) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
- The waltz () - L. Hoiby [x] *
- They hail you as their morning star (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Men)
- They hurried here, as soon as you had died * - S. Goodyear (Condolence)
- They laid their hands upon my head (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (The false friends)
- They part (And if, my friend, you'd have it end) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
- This I say, and this I know (from Sunset Gun) * - S. Barab (Wisdom)
- This is what I vow (from Enough Rope) * - S. Barab (Somebody's song)
- Threat to a fickle lady (Sweet lady sleep befriend me) - R. Robbins [x] *
- Ultimatum (I'm wearied of wearying love, my friend) (from Death and Taxes and Other Poems) - S. Barab *
- Unfortunate coincidence () - M. Horder [x] *
- Wail (Love has gone a-rocketing) (from Enough Rope) - M. Horder *
- Who lay against the sea, and fled * - J. Musto
- Wisdom (This I say, and this I know) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
- Wisecracks () - T. Riedstra [x] *
- With you, my heart is quiet here * - J. Heggie (The thin edge)
- Words of comfort to be scratched on a mirror () (from Enough Rope) [x] *
- Words of comfort () (from Enough Rope) - S. Calvin [x] *
Last update: 2023-05-10 20:53:13