Author: Anthony Evan Hecht (1923 - 2004)
Text Compilations
Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.
- A smoky mist shawls the white beach *
- N. Rorem: Chromatic Fantasy
- Avarice (The penniless Indian fakirs and their camels) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
- Chromatic Fantasy (A smoky mist shawls the white beach) - N. Rorem *
- Envy (When, to a popular tune, God's Mercy and Justice) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
- For me Almighty God Himself has died (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Pride
- Gluttony (Let the poor look to themselves, for it is said) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
- I saw in stalls of pearl the heavenly hosts (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Wrath
- Let the poor look to themselves, for it is said (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Gluttony
- Lust (The Phoenix knows no lust, and Christ, our mother) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
- Pride (For me Almighty God Himself has died) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
- Sloth (The first man leaps the ditch (Who wins this race) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
- The first man leaps the ditch (Who wins this race (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Sloth
- The penniless Indian fakirs and their camels (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Avarice
- The Phoenix knows no lust, and Christ, our mother (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Lust
- When, to a popular tune, God's Mercy and Justice (from The Hard Hours) *
- R. Beaser: Envy
- Wrath (I saw in stalls of pearl the heavenly hosts) (from The Hard Hours) - R. Beaser *
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