Texts by P. Goodman set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- 1943 (What sparks and wiry cries shall i strike first) (from The Lordly Hudson) *
- Absalom (In the roomy oak among the fluttering leaves) (from The Lordly Hudson) *
- Absalom (In the roomy oak among the fluttering leaves) (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem *
- A prayer to Saint Harmony () (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- A sermon on miracles () - Ned Rorem [x] *
- A terrible disaster befell me * - Ned Rorem (A terrible disaster)
- A terrible disaster (A terrible disaster befell me) - Ned Rorem *
- Boy with a Baseball Glove (See now the beauty with the glove) (from A Warning/At My Leisure) - Ned Rorem *
- Clouds (So effortlessly we are not given) - Ned Rorem *
- Creator of the worlds, O Joy (Creator of the worlds, O Joy) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Creator of the worlds, O Joy (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) [x] * - Ned Rorem (Creator of the worlds, O Joy)
- Creator spirit, please let your soft lamp (from Hawkweed) * - Ned Rorem (Creator spirit, please)
- Creator spirit, please (Creator spirit, please let your soft lamp) (from Hawkweed) - Ned Rorem *
- Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) * - Ned Rorem (Creator spirit who dost lightly hover)
- Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) * - Ned Rorem (Creator spirit who dost)
- Creator spirit who dost lightly hover (Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem *
- Creator spirit who dost (Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem *
- Dawn () (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Driver, what stream is it?" I asked, well knowing (from The Lordly Hudson) * (The Lordly Hudson)
- Driver, what stream is it?" I asked, well knowing (from The Lordly Hudson) * - Ned Rorem (The Lordly Hudson)
- Father, guide and lead me stray (from Empire City) * - Ned Rorem (Father, guide and lead me)
- Father, guide and lead me (Father, guide and lead me stray) (from Empire City) - Ned Rorem *
- For Susan (How like a wild flower untended) - Ned Rorem *
- Four Senseless Little Prayers of Convalescence (On all, the wicked and) (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) [x] *
- God bless my small home (God bless this small home that) (from Hawkweed) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- God bless this small home that (from Hawkweed) [x] * - Ned Rorem (God bless my small home)
- God, I prayed, to me restore (God, I prayed, to me restore) (from Hawkweed) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- God, I prayed, to me restore (from Hawkweed) [x] * - Ned Rorem (God, I prayed, to me restore)
- His beauty sparkles, his big eyes blaze * - Ned Rorem (His Beauty Sparkles)
- His Beauty Sparkles (His beauty sparkles, his big eyes blaze) - Ned Rorem *
- How like a wild flower untended * - Ned Rorem (For Susan)
- In the roomy oak among the fluttering leaves (from The Lordly Hudson) * (Absalom)
- In the roomy oak among the fluttering leaves (from The Lordly Hudson) * - Ned Rorem (Absalom)
- I opened with my key, to my astonished joy (from Hawkweed) [x] * (Long lines)
- I opened with my key, to my astonished joy (from Hawkweed) [x] * - Ned Rorem (Long lines)
- I thought I woke: the midnight sun (from The Lordly Hudson) [x] * - Ned Rorem (The midnight sun)
- I waited in the parlor, Lord (from Hawkweed) [x] * - Ned Rorem (I waited in the parlor)
- I waited in the parlor (I waited in the parlor, Lord) (from Hawkweed) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Long lines (I opened with my key, to my astonished joy) (from Hawkweed) [x] *
- Long lines (I opened with my key, to my astonished joy) (from Hawkweed) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- My world, my only! as I see (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) [x] * - John H. Powell
- Novices of art understate (We see that novices of art) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Now is the dreadful midnight you * - Ned Rorem (Now is the dreadful midnight)
- Now is the dreadful midnight (Now is the dreadful midnight you) - Ned Rorem *
- Of the millions, I know, who have gone to the grave (from The Lordly Hudson - Sentences) [x] * - Ned Rorem
- O God of fire and the secret mus- (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) [x] * - Ned Rorem (O God of fire and the secret)
- O God of fire and the secret (O God of fire and the secret mus-) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- On all, the wicked and (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) [x] * (Four Senseless Little Prayers of Convalescence)
- On all, the wicked and (On all, the wicked and) (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- On all, the wicked and (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) [x] * - Ned Rorem (On all, the wicked and)
- Out of the tulip tree, the boy who had green eyes * (Out of the tulip tree)
- Out of the tulip tree, the boy who had green eyes * - Ned Rorem (The tulip tree)
- Out of the tulip tree (Out of the tulip tree, the boy who had green eyes) *
- Rain in spring (There fell a beautiful clear rain) - Ned Rorem *
- Rain () - Daron Aric Hagen [x] *
- Rest well thy weary head and heart (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) [x] * - Ned Rorem (Rest well thy weary heart)
- Rest well thy weary head and heart (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) [x] * - Ned Rorem (Rest well)
- Rest well thy weary heart (Rest well thy weary head and heart) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Rest well (Rest well thy weary head and heart) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Sally's smile () (from The Lordly Hudson) [x] *
- Sally's smile () (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- See now the beauty with the glove (from A Warning/At My Leisure) * - Ned Rorem (Boy with a Baseball Glove)
- So effortlessly we are not given * - Ned Rorem (Clouds)
- Such beauty as hurts to behold (Such beauty as hurts to behold) (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- Such beauty as hurts to behold (from The Lordly Hudson) [x] * - Ned Rorem (Such beauty as hurts to behold)
- The Lordly Hudson (Driver, what stream is it?" I asked, well knowing) (from The Lordly Hudson) *
- The Lordly Hudson (Driver, what stream is it?" I asked, well knowing) (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem *
- The midnight sun (I thought I woke: the midnight sun) (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem [x] *
- There fell a beautiful clear rain * - Ned Rorem (Rain in spring)
- The tulip tree (Out of the tulip tree, the boy who had green eyes) - Ned Rorem *
- Three Little Prayers to Saint Harmony () (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) [x] *
- To Dawn (Manner of Sappho) () (from The Lordly Hudson) [x] *
- We see that novices of art (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) [x] * - Ned Rorem (Novices of art understate)
- What sparks and wiry cries shall i strike first (from The Lordly Hudson) * (1943)
- What sparks and wiry cries shall i strike first (from The Lordly Hudson) * - Ned Rorem (What sparks and wiry cries)
- What sparks and wiry cries (What sparks and wiry cries shall i strike first) (from The Lordly Hudson) - Ned Rorem *
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