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Texts by P. Larkin set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985)

Text Collections:

  • The Whitsun Weddings

Texts set in art song or choral works (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.

  • Absences () - J. Cloud [x] *
  • Beyond all this, the wish to be alone * - H. Watkins (Wants)
  • Coming () - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Counting () - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Cut grass lies frail * - R. Holloway, I. Venables (Cut Grass)
  • Cut Grass (Cut grass lies frail) - R. Holloway, I. Venables *
  • Dawn (To wake, and hear a cock) - H. Watkins *
  • Days (What are days for?) - K. Schoonenbeek *
  • Epilogue () - R. Holloway [x] *
  • Friday Night in the Royal Station Hotel () - A. Previn [x] *
  • Going () - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Home is so sad () - A. Previn [x] *
  • If I were called in to construct a religion (from The Whitsun Weddings) * (Water) - K. Schoonenbeek
  • If I were called in (from The Whitsun Weddings) * - K. Schoonenbeek (Water)
  • Interlude #1: Fiction and the Reading Public () - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Interlude #2: 'To write one song, you said' () - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Is it for now or for always * - A. Previn
  • Is it for now (Is it for now or for always) - A. Previn *
  • Love Songs in Age (She kept her songs, they took so little space) - H. Watkins *
  • Money (Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me) - H. Watkins *
  • 'Morning at last: there is snow' (Morning at last: there is snow) - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Morning at last: there is snow [x] * - D. Hagen
  • Morning has spread again () - A. Previn [x] *
  • Next, please () - R. Holloway [x] *
  • 'None of the books have time' (None of the books have time) - D. Hagen [x] *
  • None of the books have time [x] * - D. Hagen
  • Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me * - H. Watkins (Money)
  • She kept her songs, they took so little space * - H. Watkins (Love Songs in Age)
  • Talking in bed () - D. Hagen, A. Previn [x] *
  • The explosion () - R. Holloway [x] *
  • The old fools () - R. Holloway [x] *
  • The trees are coming into leaf DUT * - R. Holloway, A. Previn (The trees)
  • The trees (The trees are coming into leaf) - R. Holloway, A. Previn DUT *
  • The White Palace () - D. Hagen [x] *
  • To wake, and hear a cock * - H. Watkins (Dawn)
  • To write one song, I said * - A. Previn
  • To write one song (To write one song, I said) - A. Previn *
  • Wants (Beyond all this, the wish to be alone) - H. Watkins *
  • Water (If I were called in) (from The Whitsun Weddings) - K. Schoonenbeek *
  • We met at the end of the party () - B. Mehldau [x] *
  • What are days for? Days are where we live * (Days) - K. Schoonenbeek
  • What are days for? * - K. Schoonenbeek (Days)
  • Who called love conquering (Who called love conquering) - H. Watkins *
  • 'Within the dream you said' (Within the dream you said) - D. Hagen [x] *
  • Within the dream you said [x] * - D. Hagen

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