Texts by D. Gascoyne 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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- Adorned with yellow pears (from Hölderlin's Madness) CAT CZE FRE FRE IRI RUS - E. Hudes (The half of life) *
- All is an inscape (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes (Form and spirit) *
- Alone alike elect on heights of prophecy - G. Bush *
- And little knowledge but much pleasure (And little knowledge but much pleasure) (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
- And little knowledge but much pleasure (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
- Aquarius: the Water-carrier (This burly bent, much burdened figure, who) - G. Bush *
- Aries: the Ram (Augustly awe inspiring creature, whose famed Fleece) - G. Bush *
- Augustly awe inspiring creature, whose famed Fleece - G. Bush *
- Cancer: the Crab (This fishy thing that sideways crawls But neither swims nor flies) - G. Bush *
- Capricorn: the Goat (Alone alike elect on heights of prophecy) - G. Bush *
- De Profundis (Out of these depths) (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor [x] *
- Each looks towards his brother and yet sees one more than him - G. Bush *
- Ex Nihilo (Here am I now cast down) (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor [x] *
- Form and spirit (All is an inscape) (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes *
- Gemini: the Twins (Each looks towards his brother and yet sees one more than him) - G. Bush *
- Here am I now cast down (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor (Ex Nihilo) [x] *
- Here is beastly jewel! - G. Bush *
- I, Father, with my little Bow - G. Bush *
- Is man's destructive lust insatiable? (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor (Kyrie) [x] *
- It is finished (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor (Tenebrae) [x] *
- Kyrie (Is man's destructive lust insatiable?) (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor [x] *
- Lachrymae (Slow are the years of light) (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor [x] *
- Leo: the Lion (No smaller than the Sun amidst the midday sky) - G. Bush *
- Libra: the Scales (O unjust man behold) - G. Bush *
- Lunging Beast, Bulging hide, Fatalist - G. Bush *
- No smaller than the Sun amidst the midday sky - G. Bush *
- O unjust man behold - G. Bush *
- Out of these depths (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor (De Profundis) [x] *
- Pieta (Stark in the pasture on the skull-shaped hill) (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor [x] *
- Pisces: the Fish (They glitter, but they sing) - G. Bush *
- Sagittarius: the Archer (I, Father, with my little Bow) - G. Bush *
- Scorpio: the Scorpion (Here is beastly jewel!) - G. Bush *
- Slow are the years of light (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor (Lachrymae) [x] *
- Stark in the pasture on the skull-shaped hill (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor (Pieta) [x] *
- Sybil (The storm/ bends the branches) (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes *
- Taurus: the Bull (Lunging Beast, Bulging hide, Fatalist) - G. Bush *
- Tenebrae (It is finished) (from Poems 1937-1942 - Miserere) - B. Naylor [x] *
- The half of life (Adorned with yellow pears) (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes CAT CZE FRE FRE IRI RUS *
- The Night was Time (from Poems 1937-1942) - B. Naylor (The three stars: a prophecy) [x] *
- The storm/ bends the branches (from Hölderlin's Madness) - E. Hudes (Sybil) *
- The storm (from Hölderlin's Madness) (Sybil) - E. Hudes *
- 'The three stars' and 'Epode' (The Night was Time) (from Poems 1937-1942) - B. Naylor [x] *
- The three stars: a prophecy (The Night was Time) (from Poems 1937-1942) [x] *
- They glitter, but they sing - G. Bush *
- This burly bent, much burdened figure, who - G. Bush *
- This fishy thing that sideways crawls But neither swims nor flies - G. Bush *
- Virgo: the Virgin (Where waterfalls and willows and interstices Of night blue undissolved by day perform) - G. Bush *
- Where waterfalls and willows and interstices Of night blue undissolved by day perform - G. Bush *
Last update: 2025-02-07 19:44:21