Texts by W. Williams set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Al Que Quiero!
• Collected Poems 1921-1931
• Pictures from Brueghel
• Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems
• Spring and All
• The Desert Music and Other Poems
• The Tempers
• The Wedge

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.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• 10/14 (Rose in the park) - S. Grill
• Ad infinitum (Still I bring flowers) - A. Previn *
• A flowing river () (from The Wedge) - R. Holloway [x] *
• All the complicated details - S. Grill
• A Love Poem (Basic hatred) - S. Grill
• Among/ the leaves - S. Grill (The Locust Tree in Flower)
• An old willow with hollow branches - S. Grill
• Approach of winter (The half-stripped trees) (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - S. Grill, R. Holloway
• A rain of bombs, well placed (from Pictures from Brueghel) * - S. Grill (The Snow Begins)
• At ten A.M. the young housewife - G. Bachlund (The Young Housewife)
• Autumn (In this strong light) - S. Grill
• Basic hatred - S. Grill
• Better Than Flowers (Better than flowers) - S. Grill
• Better than flowers - S. Grill
• Black Eyed Susan (Black eyed susan) - S. Grill
• Black eyed susan - S. Grill
• Chicory (Lift your flowers) - S. Grill
• Choral: The Pink Church () - C. Thaew [x] *
• Come with us and play! - S. Grill
• Complete Destruction (It was an icy day) (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - G. Bachlund
• Conquest (Begun) (Hard, chilly colors) (from Al Que Quiero!) - R. Holloway
• Conquest (Concluded) (Hard, chilly colors) (from Al Que Quiero!) - R. Holloway
• Conquest (Hard, chilly colors) (from Al Que Quiero!)
• Danse russe (If I when my wife is sleeping) (from Al Que Quiero!)
• Daybreak (Half a moon is flaming in the south) - E. Fine
• El hombre (It's a strange courage) (from Al Que Quiero!)
• Epitaph (An old willow with hollow branches) - S. Grill
• Flowers through the window (from Collected Poems 1921-1931) * - N. Rorem (Nantucket)
• From Paterson () - J. Williams [x] *
• Half a moon is flaming in the south - E. Fine (Daybreak)
• Hard, chilly colors: straw grey, frost grey (from Al Que Quiero!) (Conquest) - R. Holloway
• Hard, chilly colors (from Al Que Quiero!) - R. Holloway (Conquest)
• Here it is spring again (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - G. Bachlund, T. Cipullo (The Late Singer)
• how shall we tell - S. Grill
• I awoke happy, the house * - A. Previn
• I Bought a New Bathing Suit (I bought a new) - S. Grill
• I bought a new - S. Grill
• Icarus () (from Pictures from Brueghel) - A. Silsbee [x] *
• If I when my wife is sleeping (from Al Que Quiero!) - I. Heilner (Danse russe)
• I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox (from Collected Poems 1921-1931) * (This is just to say) - G. Busby, S. Grill, R. Holloway, M. Rusche
• I have eaten (from Collected Poems 1921-1931) * - G. Busby, S. Grill, R. Holloway, M. Rusche (This is just to say)
• I lie here thinking of you (from Al Que Quiero!) - S. Grill, R. Holloway, R. Sowash (Love song)
• In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess (from The Wedge) * - E. Armer, N. Rorem (The Dance)
• In this strong light - S. Grill
• Iris () (from Pictures from Brueghel) - L. Spratlan [x] *
• I tried to put a bird in a cage (from The Tempers) - J. McGill (The fool's song)
• It's a strange courage (from Al Que Quiero!) - L. Spratlan (El hombre)
• It was an icy day (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - G. Bachlund (Complete Destruction)
• Let him who may among the continuing lines seek out that tortured * - J. Harbison (To be recited to Flossie on her birthday)
• Lift your flowers - S. Grill
• Love song (I lie here thinking of you) (from Al Que Quiero!) - S. Grill, R. Holloway, R. Sowash
• Love Song (Sweep the house clean) - S. Grill
• Memory of April (You say love is this, love is that) (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - R. Holloway
• Metric Figure (There is a bird in the poplars) *
• Morning star (It's a strange courage) (from Al Que Quiero!) - L. Spratlan
• My days are burning () - R. Holloway [x] *
• Nantucket (Flowers through the window) (from Collected Poems 1921-1931) - N. Rorem *
• Nocturne () - G. Binkerd [x] *
• Nothing is more certain than the flower— - S. Grill
• Now the snow - S. Grill
• Old men who have studied (from Al Que Quiero!) - G. Bachlund (The Old Men)
• Peace on Earth (The Archer is wake!) - S. Grill *
• Perfection () (from The Wedge) - R. Holloway [x] *
• Phoenix (There is a bird in the poplars) - F. Lewin, R. Robbins *
• Pictures from Brueghel () (from Pictures from Brueghel) - R. Luedeke [x] *
• Purple!/ for months unknown - S. Grill
• Reverie and Invocation () - S. Purdy [x] *
• Rogation Hymn () - T. Canning [x] *
• Rogation Sunday () [x] *
• Rose in the park - S. Grill
• Second rhapsody (If I when my wife is sleeping) (from Al Que Quiero!) - I. Heilner
• Short poem (You slapped my face) - S. Grill
• Some leaves hang late, and some fall - S. Grill
• so much depends upon - G. Bachlund (The red wheelbarrow)
• Song from "The Birth of Venus" (Come with us and play!) - S. Grill
• Sooner or later * - J. Harbison, A. Thomas (The rewaking)
• Sorrow is my own yard (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - M. Babbitt (The Widow's Lament In Springtime)
• Spring storm (The sky has given over) (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - R. Holloway
• Spring (Among/ the leaves) - S. Grill
• Still I bring flowers * - A. Previn
• Summer Song (Wanderer moon) - S. Grill
• Sweep the house clean - S. Grill
• The alphabet of - S. Grill
• The Archer is wake! * - S. Grill
• The bare cherry tree - S. Grill
• The Bare Tree (The bare cherry tree) - S. Grill
• The bare tree () (from The Wedge) - R. Holloway [x] *
• The Botticellian Trees (The alphabet of) - S. Grill
• The Chrysanthemum (how shall we tell) - S. Grill
• The counter () [x] *
• The Dance (In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess) (from The Wedge) - E. Armer, N. Rorem *
• The descent () (from The Desert Music and Other Poems) - F. Fox [x] *
• The fool's song (I tried to put a bird in a cage) (from The Tempers) - J. McGill
• The half-stripped trees struck by a wind together (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) (Approach of winter) - S. Grill, R. Holloway
• The half-stripped trees (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - S. Grill, R. Holloway (Approach of winter)
• The lady speaks () - J. Harbison [x] *
• The Late Singer (Here it is spring again) (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - G. Bachlund, T. Cipullo
• The Locust Tree in Flower (Among/ the leaves)
• The marriage of souls () - R. Holloway [x] *
• The Old Men (Old men who have studied) (from Al Que Quiero!) - G. Bachlund
• The Petunia (Purple!/ for months unknown) - S. Grill
• The red wheelbarrow (so much depends upon) - G. Bachlund
• There is a bird in the poplars * - F. Lewin, R. Robbins (Metric Figure)
• The revelation (I awoke happy, the house) - A. Previn *
• The rewaking (Sooner or later) - J. Harbison, A. Thomas *
• The sky has given over its bitterness (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) (Spring storm) - R. Holloway
• The sky has given over (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - R. Holloway (Spring storm)
• The Snow Begins (A rain of bombs, well placed) (from Pictures from Brueghel) - S. Grill *
• The Soughing Wind (Some leaves hang late, and some fall) - S. Grill
• The Widow's Lament In Springtime (Sorrow is my own yard) (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - M. Babbitt
• The wildflower () (from Spring and All) - R. Holloway [x] *
• The woodthrush () - J. Harbison [x] *
• The Young Housewife (At ten A.M. the young housewife) - G. Bachlund
• This is just to say (I have eaten) (from Collected Poems 1921-1931) - G. Busby, S. Grill, R. Holloway, M. Rusche *
• To a woodpecker () - J. Harbison [x] *
• To be recited to Flossie on her birthday (Let him who may among the continuing lines seek out that tortured) - J. Harbison *
• Two Aspects of April - I (Nothing is more certain than the flower—) - S. Grill
• Wanderer moon - S. Grill
• When I Saw the Flowers (When I saw the flowers) - S. Grill
• When I saw the flowers - S. Grill
• Winter Trees (All the complicated details) - S. Grill
• Winter (Now the snow) - S. Grill
• Winter () (from Collected Poems 1921-1931) - R. Holloway [x] *
• Your Lovely Hands (Your lovely hands) - S. Grill
• Your lovely hands - S. Grill
• You say love is this, love is that (from Sour Grapes: a Book of Poems) - R. Holloway (Memory of April)
• You slapped my face - S. Grill

Last update: 2023-02-20 00:15:29