Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by G. Crumb

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George Crumb (1929 - 2022)

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Ancient Voices of Children

no. 1. El niño busca su voz (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE FRE
no. 2. Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 3. De dónde vienes, amor, mi niño? (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 4. Todas las tardes en Granada (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
no. 5. Cantan los niños (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE

Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises

no. 1. The night in silence under many a star (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
no. 2. When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
no. 3. Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
no. 4. Approach Strong Deliveress! (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
no. 5. Come lovely and soothing death (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
no. 6. The night in silence under many a star (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE

Madrigals, Book I (Madrigaux, livre I, translated by Guy Laffaille) FRE

no. 1. Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 2. No piensan en la lluvia y se han dormido (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 3. Los muertos llevan alas de musgo (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE

Madrigals, Book II

no. 1. Bebe el agua tranquila de la canción añeja (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 2. La muerte entra y sale de la taberna (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
no. 3. Caballito negro (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE

Madrigals, Book III

no. 1. La noche canta desnuda sobre los puentes de marzo (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 2. Quiero dormir el sueño de las manzanas (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 3. Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que no quiso el agua (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE

Madrigals, Book IV

no. 1. Por qué nací entre espejos? (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 2. Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
no. 3. La muerte me está mirando (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE GER IRI

Night Music I

no. 1. Notturno I
no. 2. Notturno II
no. 3. La luna asoma (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
no. 4. Notturno IV
no. 5. Gacela de la terrible presencia (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 6. Notturno VI
no. 7. Notturno VII

Night of the Four Moons (Nuit des quatre lunes) FRE

no. 1. La luna está muerta (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 2. Cuando sale la luna (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
no. 3. Otro Adán oscuro está soñando (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
no. 4. Huye luna, luna, luna (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE FRE GER RUS

The Ghosts of Alhambra

no. 1. Alba (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
no. 2. Las seis cuerdas (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG
no. 3. Danza (Text: Federico García Lorca)
no. 4. Paisaje (Text: Federico García Lorca) RUS
no. 5. ¡Ay! (Text: Federico García Lorca)
no. 6. Malagueña (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS

Three Early Songs

no. 1. Night (Text: Robert Southey) FRE SPA
no. 2. Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
no. 3. Wind Elegy (W.E.W.) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER

Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V

no. 1. Bringing in the sheaves (Text: Knowles Shaw)
no. 2. Somebody Got Lost in a Storm
no. 3. The House of the Rising Sun
no. 4. Hallelujah, I'm a bum!
no. 5. I wonder as I wander (Text: John Jacob Niles) FRE FRE
no. 6. Song of the Thunder (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder )
no. 7. 'Tis the Gift to be Simple (Text: Joseph Brackett, Elder) CHI
no. 8. Beautiful Dreamer (Text: Stephen Collins Foster) CHI
no. 9. Firefly Song (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder )
no. 10. The Demon Lover

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

Alba (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
Approach Strong Deliveress! (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
¡Ay! (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca)
Beautiful Dreamer (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Stephen Collins Foster) CHI
Bebe el agua tranquila de la canción añeja (in Madrigals, Book II) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Cantan los niños (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Bringing in the sheaves (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Knowles Shaw)
Caballito negro (in Madrigals, Book II) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Come lovely and soothing death (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
Cuando sale la luna (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
Danza (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca)
Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
De dónde vienes, amor, mi niño? (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
El niño busca su voz (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE FRE
Firefly Song (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder )
Gacela de la terrible presencia (in Night Music I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Hallelujah, I'm a bum! (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
Huye luna, luna, luna (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE FRE GER RUS
In the Forest of Clocks (Text: Jerome Rothenberg after Federico García Lorca) * FRE
I wonder as I wander (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: John Jacob Niles) FRE FRE
La luna asoma (in Night Music I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
La luna está muerta (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
La muerte entra y sale de la taberna (in Madrigals, Book II) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
La muerte me está mirando (in Madrigals, Book IV) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE GER IRI
La noche canta desnuda sobre los puentes de marzo (in Madrigals, Book III) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Las seis cuerdas (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG
Let it be forgotten (in Three Early Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
Los muertos llevan alas de musgo (in Madrigals, Book I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
Malagueña (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que no quiso el agua (in Madrigals, Book III) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Night (in Three Early Songs) (Text: Robert Southey) FRE SPA
No piensan en la lluvia y se han dormido (in Madrigals, Book I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Notturno I (in Night Music I)
Notturno II (in Night Music I)
Notturno IV (in Night Music I)
Notturno VI (in Night Music I)
Notturno VII (in Night Music I)
Otro Adán oscuro está soñando (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Paisaje (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) RUS
Pause of the Clock (Text: Stanley Read after Federico García Lorca) * FRE
Por qué nací entre espejos? (in Madrigals, Book IV) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Quiero dormir el sueño de las manzanas (in Madrigals, Book III) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
Somebody Got Lost in a Storm (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
Song of the Thunder (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder )
The Demon Lover (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
The House of the Rising Sun (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
The night in silence under many a star (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
The night in silence under many a star (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
The Sleeper (Text: Edgar Allan Poe) FRE
'Tis the Gift to be Simple (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Joseph Brackett, Elder) CHI
Todas las tardes en Granada (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos (in Madrigals, Book IV) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra (in Madrigals, Book I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
Wind Elegy (W.E.W.) (in Three Early Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER

Last update: 2024-11-03 04:31:32