Texts by D. Gascoyne set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001)

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

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