Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by K. Mechem
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- American Madrigals: Madrigal Cycle on American Folks Songs, op. 46
- no. ?. Kansas boys (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 1. Kind miss (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 2. He's gone away (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 4. Adam's Bride (A marriage lesson) (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 5. New York girls (Text: Volkslieder )
- Five Centuries of Spring, op. 24
- no. 1. Spring (Text: Thomas Nashe) GER
- no. 2. From you have I been absent (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE RUS
- no. 3. Laughing song (Text: William Blake) CHI RUS
- no. 4. Loveliest of trees (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
- no. 5. Spring (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
- Four Songs for Baritone, op. 10
- no. 1. The green-blooded fish (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- no. 2. July rain (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- no. 3. Inferiority complex (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- no. 4. A farewell (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- From the Heartland
- no. 1. Dust (Recitative and aria) (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- no. 2. Shadows of the moon (Elegy) (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- no. 3. I could hear the least bird sing (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- no. 4. Declaration (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- Goodbye, Farewell, and Adieu: Three Songs of Parting, op. 33
- no. 1. Since there's no help (Text: Michael Drayton) GER
- no. 2. Parting, without a sequel (Text: John Crowe Ransom) [x]*
- no. 3. Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- The Winds of May
- no. 1. The tune (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE
- no. 2. Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- no. 3. Over the roofs (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 4. I shall not care (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 5. Song (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- To an Absent Love, op. 58
- no. 1. Dear Husband (Text: Harriet Newby)
- no. 2. A farewell (Text: Harriet Monroe)
- no. 3. Fair Robin I Love (Text: John Dryden)
- no. 4. Epilogue ("Debts") (Text: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard)
All titles of vocal settings in Opus order
- Declaration (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- Dust (Recitative and aria) (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- I could hear the least bird sing (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- I shall not care (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- Over the roofs (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Shadows of the moon (Elegy) (Text: Kirke Field Mechem) *
- Song (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- The tune (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE
- op. 10. Four Songs for Baritone
- no. 1. The green-blooded fish (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- no. 2. July rain (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- no. 3. Inferiority complex (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- no. 4. A farewell (Text: Kirke Mechem) *
- op. 24. Five Centuries of Spring
- no. 1. Spring (Text: Thomas Nashe) GER
- no. 2. From you have I been absent (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE RUS
- no. 3. Laughing song (Text: William Blake) CHI RUS
- no. 4. Loveliest of trees (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
- no. 5. Spring (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
- op. 33. Goodbye, Farewell, and Adieu: Three Songs of Parting
- no. 1. Since there's no help (Text: Michael Drayton) GER
- no. 2. Parting, without a sequel (Text: John Crowe Ransom) [x]*
- no. 3. Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- op. 35.
- no. 1. Christmas Carol (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- op. 46. Kansas boys (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 1. Kind miss (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 2. He's gone away (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 4. Adam's Bride (A marriage lesson) (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 5. New York girls (Text: Volkslieder )
- op. 58. To an Absent Love
- no. 1. Dear Husband (Text: Harriet Newby)
- no. 2. A farewell (Text: Harriet Monroe)
- no. 3. Fair Robin I Love (Text: John Dryden)
- no. 4. Epilogue ("Debts") (Text: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Scollard)
Last update: 2024-02-22 17:44:33