Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by J. Cage

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• 5 Songs for Contralto
• no. 1. Little Four Paws (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• no. 2. Little Christmas Tree (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• no. 3. In Just- (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• no. 4. hist whist (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• no. 5. Another Comes (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• Eight Wiskus
• no. 1. time reality Worked (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 2. Wz sittin n (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 3. queue for tWo (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 4. Wipe (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 5. he Went t (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 6. We say a crust of bread (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 7. kneW (Text: Chris Mann) *
• no. 8. Wz (Text: Chris Mann) *
• Mirakus²
• no. 1. dynaMo (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 2. on frappe bien propreMent sur (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 3. poids forMe (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 4. dynaMo (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 5. instruMent (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 6. uniforMe (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 7. par ex./ apercoIt (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 8. 3e (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 9. fuMée de tabac la poussée des cheveux (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 10. petite Méchanceté (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 11. oeuvre d'art poëMe (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• no. 12. vide éManente (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• Songbooks
• Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) - The Year Begins To Be Ripe (Text: Henry David Thoreau)
• Sonnekus²
• no. 1. Sarai (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 2. and Said (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 3. to jacob there iS this heap and here is this pillar (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 4. diScerning and wise as (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 5. fatherS (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 6. he Set him (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 7. brotherS (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 8. hiS feet and the feet (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 9. and daughterS (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• 3e (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• A flower
• and daughterS (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• and Said (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Another Comes (in 5 Songs for Contralto) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• Aria [x]
• brotherS (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• diScerning and wise as (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• dynaMo (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• dynaMo (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• fatherS (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Forever And Sunsmell (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
• fuMée de tabac la poussée des cheveux (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• he Set him (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• he Went t (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• hiS feet and the feet (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• hist whist (in 5 Songs for Contralto) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• In Just- (in 5 Songs for Contralto) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• instruMent (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• kneW (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• Little Christmas Tree (in 5 Songs for Contralto) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• Little Four Paws (in 5 Songs for Contralto) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• Nowth Upon Nacht (Text: James Joyce)
• oeuvre d'art poëMe (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• on frappe bien propreMent sur (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• par ex./ apercoIt (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• petite Méchanceté (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• poids forMe (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• queue for tWo (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• Sarai (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) - The Year Begins To Be Ripe (in Songbooks) (Text: Henry David Thoreau)
• Solo for Voice 52 (Aria No. 2) (relevant) (Text: Anonymous)
• Solo for Voice 67 (irrelevant) - A Glossary of English and Foreign Geographical terms
• The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (Text: James Joyce)
• time reality Worked (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• to jacob there iS this heap and here is this pillar (in Sonnekus²) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• uniforMe (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• vide éManente (in Mirakus²) (Text: Alexina Duchamps; Paul Matisse) *
• We say a crust of bread (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• Wipe (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• Wz (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *
• Wz sittin n (in Eight Wiskus) (Text: Chris Mann) *

Last update: 2023-05-11 10:56:46