Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by R. Thomas

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• A Little Nonsense, songs to texts of Edward Lear for soprano
• no. 1. The Pobble who has no toes (Text: Edward Lear)
• no. 2. Calico Pie (Text: Edward Lear)
• no. 3. The Owl and the Pussycat (Text: Edward Lear) GER RUS
• At last, to be identified
• no. 1. Doubt me! My dim companion (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• no. 2. What if I say I shall not wait (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• no. 3. Wild nights! Wild nights! (Text: Emily Dickinson) CHI FRE GER GER ITA
• no. 4. I never saw a moor (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
• no. 5. There's a certain slant of light (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
• no. 6. At last to be identified! (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
• Drum Taps
• no. 1. O tan-faced prairie-boy! (Text: Walt Whitman)
• no. 2. Beat! Beat! Drums! (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE GER
• no. 3. A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim (Text: Walt Whitman)
• no. 4. Dirge for two veterans (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
• no. 5. Vigil (Text: Walt Whitman)
• Ladies of their nights and days
• no. 1. Windsor: The Queen Elizabeth Blues (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 2. London: The shop girl (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 3. Vienna: Frau Winter (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 4. Genoa: Invitation (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 5. How many churches? (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 6. South of France: A nun's life (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 7. Impossible object (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 8. Moscow: Comrade Alekseyevna confesses (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 9. A Polish Quarter, Paris: dimly lit (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 10. Seville: Spider Legs (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 11. I left you in Florence (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• Songs To Poems Of Edna St. Vincent Millay
• no. 1. The Road to Avrillé (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• no. 2. To a young poet (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• no. 3. To One Who Might Have Borne a Message (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• no. 4. The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• The AIDS Quilt Songbook [multi-composer]
• no. 1. Fury, composed by David Wheelock (Text: Susan Snively) [x]*
• no. 2. Blues for an imaginary valentine, composed by Fred Hersch (Text: Fred Hersch) [x]*
• no. 3. Heartbeats, composed by John Musto (Text: Melvin Dixon) [x]*
• no. 4. A dream of nightingales, composed by Ned Rorem (Text: David Bergman) [x]*
• no. 5. Walt Whitman in 1989, composed by Chris DeBlasio (Text: Perry Brass) [x]*
• no. 6. The 80's miracle diet, composed by David Krakauer (Text: Melvin Dixon) [x]*
• no. 7. For Richard, composed by Annea Lockwood (Text: Eve Ensler) [x]*
• no. 8. Fairy book lines, composed by Donald St. Pierre (Text: Charles Barber) [x]*
• no. 9. Vaslav's song, composed by William Bolcom (Text: Ethyl Eichelberger) [x]
• no. 10. AIDS anxiety, composed by Richard Pearson Thomas (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• no. 11. The flute of interior time, composed by John H. Harbison (Text: Robert Bly after Kabir) *
• no. 12. The birds of sorrow, composed by Carl Byron (Text: Ron Schreiber) [x]*
• no. 13. Investiture at Cecconi's, composed by Lee Hoiby (Text: James Ingram Merrill) [x]*
• no. 14. A certain light, composed by Elizabeth C. Brown (Text: Marie Howe) [x]*
• no. 15. I never knew, composed by Ricky Ian Gordon (Text: Ricky Ian Gordon) [x]*
• no. 16. The second law, composed by Richard Wilson (Text: Stephen Sandy) [x]*
• no. 17. Perineo, composed by Libby Larsen (Text: Roberto Echavarren) [x]*
• no. 18. The enticing lane, composed by Steven Houtz (Text: Christopher Hewitt) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• AIDS anxiety (in The AIDS Quilt Songbook) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• A Polish Quarter, Paris: dimly lit (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim (in Drum Taps) (Text: Walt Whitman)
• At last to be identified! (in At last, to be identified) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
• Beat! Beat! Drums! (in Drum Taps) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE GER
• Calico Pie (in A Little Nonsense, songs to texts of Edward Lear for soprano) (Text: Edward Lear)
• Dirge for two veterans (in Drum Taps) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
• Doubt me! My dim companion (in At last, to be identified) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• Genoa: Invitation (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• God's thought of Himself, op. 56 no. 1 (Text: A. Besant) [x]*
• How many churches? (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• I left you in Florence (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• Impossible object (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• I never saw a moor (in At last, to be identified) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
• London: The shop girl (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• Moscow: Comrade Alekseyevna confesses (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• O tan-faced prairie-boy! (in Drum Taps) (Text: Walt Whitman)
• Prayer, op. 56 no. 2 (Text: A. Besant) [x]*
• Seville: Spider Legs (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• South of France: A nun's life (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver (in Songs To Poems Of Edna St. Vincent Millay) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• The Owl and the Pussycat (in A Little Nonsense, songs to texts of Edward Lear for soprano) (Text: Edward Lear) GER RUS
• The Pobble who has no toes (in A Little Nonsense, songs to texts of Edward Lear for soprano) (Text: Edward Lear)
• There's a certain slant of light (in At last, to be identified) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
• The Road to Avrillé (in Songs To Poems Of Edna St. Vincent Millay) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• To a young poet (in Songs To Poems Of Edna St. Vincent Millay) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• To One Who Might Have Borne a Message (in Songs To Poems Of Edna St. Vincent Millay) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• Vienna: Frau Winter (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*
• Vigil (in Drum Taps) (Text: Walt Whitman)
• What if I say I shall not wait (in At last, to be identified) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• Wild nights! Wild nights! (in At last, to be identified) (Text: Emily Dickinson) CHI FRE GER GER ITA
• Windsor: The Queen Elizabeth Blues (in Ladies of their nights and days) (Text: Richard Pearson Thomas) [x]*

Last update: 2023-09-10 18:46:04