Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by A. Hovhaness

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Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

2 Shakespeare Sonnets, op. 31

no. 1. When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT FRE ITA
no. 2. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE GER ITA RUS

2 Songs, op. 84

no. 1. Black Pool of Cat (Text: Jean Harper) *
no. 2. Innisfallen (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

3 Odes of Solomon, op. 5

no. 1. No way is hard (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 2. As the work of the husbandman (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 3. As the wings of doves (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts)

3 Sasa Songs, op. 274

no. 1. Where's my Cat? [x]
no. 2. Melancholy Cat [x]
no. 3. Sasa's Tarantella [x]

3 Songs, op. 95

no. 1. Describe me (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 2. Green stones (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 3. Fans of blue (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

4 Songs, op. 74

no. 1. Pagan Saint (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
no. 2. Lullaby of the Lake (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
no. 3. I heard thee singing (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*
no. 4. Raven River (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*

Dawn at Laona, op. 153

no. 1. Prelude (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 2. Vision of Dark Places (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 3. The hosts flew white (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 4. Motionless breath (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *

Love Songs of Hafiz, op. 33

no. 1. Hafiz, like Lord Krishna, darting (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 2. Hafiz is a Merry Old Thief (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 3. O flowing of my tears (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 4. Hafiz wanders, weeping (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 5. Day of Hafiz' vision (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 6. O Love, hear my cry (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 7. Where is my Beloved? (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
no. 8. Love for the soul (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *

Saturn, op. 243

no. 1. Prelude (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 2. Titan, moon of Saturn (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 3. Orb mysterious (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 4. Saturn, celestial globe (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 5. O lost note (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 6. My hymn (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 7. Giant globe (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 8. Vision of Saturn (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 9. On wings of a soundless note (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 10. What is universe? (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 11. Intermezzo (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
no. 12. Harp of Saturn (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*

Symphony no. 24, "Majnun", op. 273

no. 1. Majnun
no. 2. Letters in the sand (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
no. 3. The distracted lover (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
no. 4. The sword-wind
no. 5. Majnun answered (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
no. 6. The beloved
no. 7. The celestial beloved
no. 8. Majnun's love song (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
no. 9. The mysterious beloved (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)

The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains, op. 239

no. 1. Kurd Isakin (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 2. Lalezar (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 3. Nashkhoonag (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 4. Sirds e numan mer haireni lerrneroon (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
no. 5. Akh, hoor e, hoor e, sirdus (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*

The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper), op. 391

no. 1. Distant Age (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 2. The Day (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
no. 3. Their Ways (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*

Three Madrigals, op. 258

no. 1. The Pencil of the Holy Ghost (Text: Anonymous)
no. 2. My sorrow is my love (Text: Anonymous)
no. 3. They all laugh (Text: Anonymous)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

A friendly mountain, op. 400 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Akh, hoor e, hoor e, sirdus, op. 239 no. 5 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Anabasis, op. 141 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE GER GER GER GER LAT
Angelic Song, op. 19 [x]
As the wings of doves, op. 5 no. 3 (in 3 Odes of Solomon) (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
As the work of the husbandman, op. 5 no. 2 (in 3 Odes of Solomon) (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Black Pool of Cat, op. 84 no. 1 (in 2 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) *
Christmas Song, op. 34 (Text: John Bowring, Sir)
Day of Hafiz' vision, op. 33 no. 5 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Describe me, op. 95 no. 1 (in 3 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Distant Age, op. 391 no. 1 (in The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Distant Lake of Sighs, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 1 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Dulhey, Dulhey, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 3 [x]
Fans of blue, op. 95 no. 3 (in 3 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Fog (Text: Carl Sandburg) GER
From high Armenia mountains, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 4 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Gantznin Orern, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 2 (Text: Hovhannes Tumanyan ) [x]
Giant globe, op. 243 no. 7 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Green stones, op. 95 no. 2 (in 3 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Gurge Dikran, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 1 [x]
Hafiz is a Merry Old Thief, op. 33 no. 2 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Hafiz, like Lord Krishna, darting, op. 33 no. 1 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Hafiz wanders, weeping, op. 33 no. 4 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Harp of Saturn, op. 243 no. 12 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Hercules, op. 56 no. 4 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
How I adore thee, op. 7 GER
I heard thee singing, op. 74 no. 3 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*
In early dawn time, op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 3 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Innisfallen, op. 84 no. 2 (in 2 Songs) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
Intermezzo, op. 243 no. 11 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Kurd Isakin, op. 239 no. 1 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Lalezar, op. 239 no. 2 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Layla (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
Layla, op. 29 (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami) [x]
Letters in the sand, op. 273 no. 2 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
Live in the Sun (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Love for the soul, op. 33 no. 8 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Love's Philosophy, op. 370 (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) CZE FRE FRE GER POL RUS
Lullaby of the Lake, op. 74 no. 2 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
Majnun answered, op. 273 no. 5 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
Majnun's love song, op. 273 no. 8 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
Majnun, op. 273 no. 1 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
Melancholy Cat, op. 274 no. 2 (in 3 Sasa Songs) [x]
Motionless breath, op. 153 no. 4 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
My hymn, op. 243 no. 6 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
My sorrow is my love, op. 258 no. 2 (in Three Madrigals) (Text: Anonymous)
Nashkhoonag, op. 239 no. 3 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
No way is hard, op. 5 no. 1 (in 3 Odes of Solomon) (Text: James Rendel Harris after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
O flowing of my tears, op. 33 no. 3 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
O Lady Moon, op. 139 (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti)
Old Dome of Ararat, op. 238 (4 Songs) no. 4 (Text: Alan Hovhaness after Avetik Sahak Isahakyan) [x]*
O lost note, op. 243 no. 5 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
O Love, hear my cry, op. 33 no. 6 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
On wings of a soundless note, op. 243 no. 9 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Orb mysterious, op. 243 no. 3 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Out of the Depths (Psalm CXXX -- A Song of Ascents) , op. 141 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE GER GER GER GER LAT
O World, op. 32 no. 2 (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) CZE ITA RUS
Pagan Saint, op. 74 no. 1 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) *
Prelude, op. 153 no. 1 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Prelude, op. 243 no. 1 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Raven River, op. 74 no. 4 (in 4 Songs) (Text: Consuelo Cloos) [x]*
Rubáiyát (Text: Edward Fitzgerald) [x]
Sasa's Tarantella, op. 274 no. 3 (in 3 Sasa Songs) [x]
Saturn, celestial globe, op. 243 no. 4 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Sirds e numan mer haireni lerrneroon, op. 239 no. 4 (in The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains) (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Starlight of Noon, op. 32 no. 1 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
The beloved, op. 273 no. 6 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
The celestial beloved, op. 273 no. 7 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
The Day, op. 391 no. 2 (in The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
The distracted lover, op. 273 no. 3 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
The hosts flew white, op. 153 no. 3 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Their Ways, op. 391 no. 3 (in The Spirit's Map (3 songs to poems by Jean Harper)) (Text: Jean Harper) [x]*
The moon has a face, op. 156 (Text: Robert Louis Stevenson)
The mysterious beloved, op. 273 no. 9 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun") (Text: Edward Fitzgerald after Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami)
The Pencil of the Holy Ghost, op. 258 no. 1 (in Three Madrigals) (Text: Anonymous)
The stars, op. 126 (Text: Henry David Thoreau) [x]
The sword-wind, op. 273 no. 4 (in Symphony no. 24, "Majnun")
They all laugh, op. 258 no. 3 (in Three Madrigals) (Text: Anonymous)
Titan, moon of Saturn, op. 243 no. 2 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
Under a Byzantine Dome , op. 242 (4 Songs) no. 2 (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Vaspooragan, op. 24 no. 2 (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*
Vision of Dark Places, op. 153 no. 2 (in Dawn at Laona) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Vision of Saturn, op. 243 no. 8 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
What is universe?, op. 243 no. 10 (in Saturn) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) [x]*
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, op. 31 no. 1 (in 2 Shakespeare Sonnets) (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT FRE ITA
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought, op. 31 no. 2 (in 2 Shakespeare Sonnets) (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE GER ITA RUS
Where is my Beloved?, op. 33 no. 7 (in Love Songs of Hafiz) (Text: Alan Hovhaness) *
Where's my Cat?, op. 274 no. 1 (in 3 Sasa Songs) [x]
Yar Nazani, op. 24 no. 1 (Text: Hamastegh) [x]*

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