Texts by V. Seth 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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- Across these miles I wish you well * - A. Roth (Across)
- Across (Across these miles I wish you well) - A. Roth *
- A Fine Lady (There is a lady matchless in her beauty) - A. Roth *
- After a few short bars * - A. Roth (The Room and the Street)
- After a long and wretched flight * - A. Roth (Round and Round)
- All you who sleep tonight (All you who sleep tonight) - P. Billam *
- An Autumn Meditation (I've heard it said Changan is like a chessboard, where) - A. Roth *
- A plump gold carp nudges a lily pad * - A. Roth (The Humble Administrator's Garden)
- A pool as green as pea-soup. Four sleek fish * - A. Roth (The Gentle Waves Pavilion)
- A Style of Loving (Light now restricts itself) - A. Roth *
- Ballad of the Army Carts (Carts rattle and squeak) - A. Roth *
- Before the temple stands an ancient cypress tree * - A. Roth (The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang)
- Carts rattle and squeak * - A. Roth (Ballad of the Army Carts)
- Dreaming of Li Bai (The pain of death's farewells grows dim) - A. Roth *
- Equals (It's evening. I lack courage) - A. Roth *
- From California (Sunday night in the house) - A. Roth *
- From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight * - A. Roth (Grieving for the Young Prince)
- Grieving for the Young Prince (From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight) - A. Roth *
- Here are no vistas. Piece by piece unfolds * - A. Roth (The Tarrying Garden)
- In Fuzhou, far away, my wife is watching * - A. Roth (Moonlit Night)
- I smiled at you because I thought that you * - A. Roth (Mistaken)
- It's evening. I lack courage * - A. Roth (Equals)
- I've heard it said Changan is like a chessboard, where * - A. Roth (An Autumn Meditation)
- I walked last night with my old friend * - A. Roth (Walk)
- Light breeze on the fine grass * - A. Roth (Thoughts while Travelling at Night)
- Light now restricts itself * - A. Roth (A Style of Loving)
- Like stars that rise when the others have set * - A. Roth (To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court)
- Magnolia petals fall, pale, fragrant, brown * - A. Roth (The Master-of-Nets Garden)
- Mistaken (I smiled at you because I thought that you) - A. Roth *
- Moonlit Night (In Fuzhou, far away, my wife is watching) - A. Roth *
- Once upon a time a frog (from Beastly Tales: From Here and There) * - R. Panufnik (The Frog and the Nightingale)
- On the Ganga’s greenest isle (from Beastly Tales: From Here and There) * - R. Panufnik (The Crocodile and the Monkey)
- Protocols (What can I say to you? How can I retract) - A. Roth *
- Round and Round (After a long and wretched flight) - A. Roth *
- Sit, drink your coffee here; your work can wait awhile * - A. Roth (Sit)
- Sit (Sit, drink your coffee here; your work can wait awhile) - A. Roth *
- South and north of my house lies springtime water * - A. Roth (The Visitor)
- Spring Scene in Time of War (The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive) - A. Roth *
- Sunday night in the house * - A. Roth (From California)
- The Crocodile and The Monkey (On the Ganga’s greenest isle) (from Beastly Tales: From Here and There) - R. Panufnik *
- The Frog and the Nightingale (Once upon a time a frog) (from Beastly Tales: From Here and There) - R. Panufnik *
- The Gentle Waves Pavilion (A pool as green as pea-soup. Four sleek fish) - A. Roth *
- The Hare & the Tortoise (The Hare and the Tortoise: 'Here!' the hare said) (from Beastly Tales: From Here and There) - R. Panufnik [x] *
- The Hare and the Tortoise: 'Here!' the hare said (from Beastly Tales: From Here and There) [x] * - R. Panufnik
- The Humble Administrator's Garden (A plump gold carp nudges a lily pad) - A. Roth *
- The Master-of-Nets Garden (Magnolia petals fall, pale, fragrant, brown) - A. Roth *
- The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang (Before the temple stands an ancient cypress tree) - A. Roth *
- The pain of death's farewells grows dim * - A. Roth (Dreaming of Li Bai)
- There is a lady matchless in her beauty * - A. Roth (A Fine Lady)
- The Room and the Street (After a few short bars) - A. Roth *
- The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive * - A. Roth (Spring Scene in Time of War)
- The Tarrying Garden (Here are no vistas. Piece by piece unfolds) - A. Roth *
- The Visitor (South and north of my house lies springtime water) - A. Roth *
- Thoughts while Travelling at Night (Light breeze on the fine grass) - A. Roth *
- To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court (Like stars that rise when the others have set) - A. Roth *
- Walk (I walked last night with my old friend) - A. Roth *
- What can I say to you? How can I retract * - A. Roth (Protocols)
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