Texts by R. Bly 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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- All I was doing was breathing (Something has reached out and taken in the beams of my eyes) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- All of you undisturbed cities (All of you undisturbed cities) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - M. Abel
- Already the ripening barberries are red (Already the ripening barberries are red) - R. Lepley RUS *
- Already the ripening barberries are red RUS - R. Lepley *
- And where he is, the clear one, whose tone rings to us? - B. Bombardier *
- And where is he, the clear one (And where he is, the clear one, whose tone rings to us?) - B. Bombardier *
- Autumn (The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up) - B. Bombardier, L. Skipworth FRE GER ITA DAN POR *
- Being apart and lonely is like rain ENG FRE - M. Watt *
- Casida of the Rose (The rose) - M. Rose FRE *
- Don't go, don't go, I touch your soles, I'm sold to you ⊗ *
- Don't go, don't go (Don't go, don't go) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- Don't go, don't go - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- God speaks to Man but once (God speaks to Man but once) - M. Rose [x] *
- God speaks to Man but once - M. Rose [x] *
- I Find You In All These Things Of The World (I find you in all things of the world) - R. Lepley FRE *
- I find you in all things of the world FRE - R. Lepley *
- I live my life in growing orbits (I live my life in growing orbits) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - M. Abel, B. Bombardier, R. Lepley, M. Rose FRE
- I live my life (I live my life in growing orbits) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - B. Bombardier FRE
- In this town the last house stands (In this town the last house stands) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - M. Abel, B. Bombardier ITA
- It's true, I went to the market (My friend, I went to the market and bought the Dark One) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- Loneliness (Being apart and lonely is like rain) - M. Watt ENG FRE *
- Music: the breathing of statues. Perhaps ITA FRE - R. Lepley (On Music) *
- My friend, I went to the market and bought the Dark One - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- My life is not this steeply sloping hour (My life is not this steeply sloping hour) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - M. Abel, L. Klein, R. Lepley FRE NOR FRE
- October day (Oh Lord, it's time, it's time. It was a great summer) - M. Rose CHI FRE GER GER GRE ITA SWE *
- Oh Lord, it's time, it's time. It was a great summer CHI FRE GER GER GRE ITA SWE - M. Rose *
- On Music (Music: the breathing of statues. Perhaps) ITA FRE *
- Something has reached out and taken in the beams of my eyes - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- The clouds (When I saw the dark clouds, I wept, O Dark One, I wept at the dark clouds) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- The colors of the Dark One have penetrated Mira's body, all the other colors washed out - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- The flute of interior time is played - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- The flute of interior time (The flute of interior time is played) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up FRE GER ITA DAN POR - B. Bombardier, L. Skipworth (Autumn) *
- The Moon Sails Out (When the moon sails out) - I. Venables FRE GER *
- The rose FRE - M. Rose (Casida of the Rose) *
- The Song Goes On (My life is not this steeply sloping hour) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - L. Klein FRE NOR FRE
- The way in (Whoever you are: some evening, take a step) - M. Rose FRE *
- To Music (Music: the breathing of statues. Perhaps) - R. Lepley ITA FRE *
- When geometric diagrams and digits (When geometric diagrams and digits) (from News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness) - M. Rose *
- When geometric diagrams and digits (from News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness) - M. Rose *
- When I saw the dark clouds, I wept, O Dark One, I wept at the dark clouds - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- When the moon sails out FRE GER - I. Venables *
- Where did you go, Holy One, after you left my body? - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- Where did you go (Where did you go, Holy One, after you left my body?) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- Whoever you are: some evening, take a step FRE - M. Rose *
- Why Mira can't go back to her old house (The colors of the Dark One have penetrated Mira's body, all the other colors washed out) - J. Harbison ⊗ *
- You darkness, that I come from (You darkness, that I come from) (from Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) - M. Abel, R. Lepley FRE
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