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) - N. Rorem *
- All eyes, the Creature sees the Open (from Empire City) *
- All eyes, the Creature sees (from Empire City) - N. Rorem *
- All eyes (All eyes, the Creature sees) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem *
- A prayer to Saint Harmony () (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) - N. Rorem [x] *
- A sermon on miracles () - N. Rorem [x] *
- A terrible disaster befell me - N. Rorem *
- A terrible disaster (A terrible disaster befell me) - N. Rorem *
- Boy with a Baseball Glove (See now the beauty with the glove) (from A Warning/At My Leisure) - N. Rorem *
- Clouds (So effortlessly we are not given) - N. Rorem *
- Creator of the worlds, O Joy (Creator of the worlds, O Joy) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Creator of the worlds, O Joy (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Creator spirit, please let your soft lamp (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem *
- Creator spirit, please (Creator spirit, please let your soft lamp) (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem *
- Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem *
- Creator spirit who dost lightly hover (Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem *
- Creator spirit who dost (Creator Spirit, who dost lightly hover whence I know not) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem *
- Dawn () (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Driver, what stream is it?" I asked, well knowing (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem (The Lordly Hudson) *
- Father, guide and lead me stray (from Empire City) - N. Rorem *
- Father, guide and lead me (Father, guide and lead me stray) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem *
- For Susan (How like a wild flower untended) - N. Rorem *
- Four Senseless Little Prayers of Convalescence (On all, the wicked and) (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) [x] *
- Friends, let us mourn (Friends, let us mourn) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] ⊗ *
- Friends, let us mourn (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] ⊗ *
- God bless my small home (God bless this small home that) (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- God bless this small home that (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- God, I prayed, to me restore (God, I prayed, to me restore) (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- God, I prayed, to me restore (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- His beauty sparkles, his big eyes blaze - N. Rorem *
- His Beauty Sparkles (His beauty sparkles, his big eyes blaze) - N. Rorem *
- How like a wild flower untended - N. Rorem *
- In the roomy oak among the fluttering leaves (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem (Absalom) *
- I opened with my key, to my astonished joy (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem (Long lines) [x] *
- I thought I woke: the midnight sun (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem [x] *
- I waited in the parlor, Lord (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- I waited in the parlor (I waited in the parlor, Lord) (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Long lines (I opened with my key, to my astonished joy) (from Hawkweed) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Look, Segramor, you know the language of the birds (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] ⊗ *
- Look, Segramor (Look, Segramor, you know the language of the birds) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] ⊗ *
- Make me, my streaming face, a glory; bloom, unseen weeping! (from Empire City) - N. Rorem ⊗ *
- Make me, my streaming face (Make me, my streaming face, a glory; bloom, unseen weeping!) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem ⊗ *
- My world, my only! as I see (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - J. Powell [x] *
- Novices of art understate (We see that novices of art) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Now is the dreadful midnight you - N. Rorem *
- Now is the dreadful midnight (Now is the dreadful midnight you) - N. Rorem *
- Of the millions, I know, who have gone to the grave (from The Lordly Hudson - Sentences) - N. Rorem *
- O God of fire and the secret mus- (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- O God of fire and the secret (O God of fire and the secret mus-) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- On all, the wicked and (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) - N. Rorem (Four Senseless Little Prayers of Convalescence) [x] *
- On all, the wicked and (On all, the wicked and) (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Our own death is unimaginable; and when we try to imagine it (from Empire City) - N. Rorem *
- Our own death is unimaginable (Our own death is unimaginable; and when we try to imagine it) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem *
- Out of the tulip tree, the boy who had green eyes - N. Rorem (Out of 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) - N. Rorem *
- Rain () - D. Hagen [x] *
- Rest well thy weary head and heart (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Rest well thy weary heart (Rest well thy weary head and heart) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Rest well (Rest well thy weary head and heart) (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Sally's smile () (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem [x] *
- See now the beauty with the glove (from A Warning/At My Leisure) - N. Rorem *
- So effortlessly we are not given - N. Rorem *
- Such beauty as hurts to behold (Such beauty as hurts to behold) (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Such beauty as hurts to behold (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem [x] *
- The hare or the deer pursued takes joy in its speed and its leaps and its dodges (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] *
- The hare or the deer (The hare or the deer pursued takes joy in its speed and its leaps and its dodges) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] *
- The Lordly Hudson (Driver, what stream is it?" I asked, well knowing) (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem *
- The midnight sun (I thought I woke: the midnight sun) (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem [x] *
- There fell a beautiful clear rain - N. Rorem *
- The tulip tree (Out of the tulip tree, the boy who had green eyes) - N. Rorem *
- Three Little Prayers to Saint Harmony () (from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray) [x] *
- To Dawn (Manner of Sappho) () (from The Lordly Hudson) [x] *
- Vast gulph! carried here in the mass of the mist (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] *
- Vast gulph! (Vast gulph! carried here in the mass of the mist) (from Empire City) - N. Rorem [x] *
- We see that novices of art (from The Lordly Hudson - Little Prayers) - N. Rorem [x] *
- What sparks and wiry cries shall i strike first (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem (1943) *
- What sparks and wiry cries (from The Lordly Hudson) (1943) - N. Rorem *
- What sparks and wiry cries (What sparks and wiry cries shall i strike first) (from The Lordly Hudson) - N. Rorem *
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