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

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Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997)

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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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After long sorrow, I am graciously (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (Hymn to Krishna (II))
After long sorrow, I am graciously (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Hymn to Krishna II: Radha speaks)
A man sits by the bed * - Joelle Wallach (The Batterers)
A man () [x] *
A river of honey (The fluteplayer) - Simon Sargon *
As the mirror to my hand (As the mirror to my hand) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
As the mirror to my hand (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (As the mirror to my hand)
As the mirror to my hand (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Radha speaks)
Beginners (But we have only begun) - Joelle Wallach *
Beloved, what more shall I say to you? (Beloved, what more shall I say to you?) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
Beloved, what more shall I say to you? (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (Beloved, what more shall I say to you?)
Beloved, what more shall I say to you? (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Radha speaks)
But we have only begun * - Joelle Wallach (Beginners)
Children begin at green dawn nimbly to build * - Joelle Wallach (The Altars in the Street)
Don't say, don't say there is no water * - Joelle Wallach (The Fountain)
Her slender body like a flash of lightning (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (Her slender body)
Her slender body like a flash of lightning (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Krishna speaks)
Her slender body (Her slender body like a flash of lightning) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
Hymn to Eros (O Eros, silently smiling... hear me) (from The Sorrow Dance) *
Hymn to Eros (O Eros, silently smiling... hear me) (from The Sorrow Dance) - Joelle Wallach, Vally Weigl, née Pick *
Hymn to Krishna (I) (It was in bitter maytime my lord) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
Hymn to Krishna (II) (After long sorrow, I am graciously) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
Hymn to Krishna II: Radha speaks (After long sorrow, I am graciously) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Hymn to Krishna I: Radha speaks (It was in bitter maytime my lord) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (I brought honey)
I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Radha speaks)
I brought honey (I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
In praise of Krishna () (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - David Leonard Blake [x] *
I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (I place beauty spots)
I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (The Old Woman Messenger speaks)
I place beauty spots (I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
It was in bitter maytime my lord (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (Hymn to Krishna (I))
It was in bitter maytime my lord (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Hymn to Krishna I: Radha speaks)
Krishna speaks (Her slender body like a flash of lightning) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Krishna speaks (My moon-faced one) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Let the earth of my body (Let the earth of my body) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg [x] *
Let the earth of my body (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) [x] * - George Rochberg (Let the earth of my body)
Living a life () - Vally Weigl, née Pick [x] *
Living (The fire in leaf and grass) (from The Sorrow Dance) *
Living (The fire in leaf and grass) (from The Sorrow Dance) - Marjorie M. Rusche, Joelle Wallach *
Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (Lord of my heart)
Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Radha speaks)
Lord of my heart (Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
Midnight Gladness (The pleated lampshade, slightly askew) - Joelle Wallach *
My mind is not on housework (My mind is not on housework) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
My mind is not on housework (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (My mind is not on housework)
My mind is not on housework (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Radha speaks)
My moon-faced one (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Krishna speaks)
My moon-faced one (My moon-faced one) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
My moon-faced one (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (My moon-faced one)
O Eros, silently smiling... hear me (from The Sorrow Dance) * (Hymn to Eros)
O Eros, silently smiling... hear me (from The Sorrow Dance) * - Joelle Wallach, Vally Weigl, née Pick (Hymn to Eros)
O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? (O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror?) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror?)
O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (Radha speaks)
O my friend, my sorrow is unending (O my friend, my sorrow is unending) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg [x] *
O my friend, my sorrow is unending (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) [x] * - George Rochberg (O my friend, my sorrow is unending)
Radha speaks (As the mirror to my hand) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Radha speaks (Beloved, what more shall I say to you?) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Radha speaks (I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Radha speaks (Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Radha speaks (My mind is not on housework) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Radha speaks (O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror?) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
Raga (The fluteplayer) *
Shining one, golden as the champa flower (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * - George Rochberg (Shining one)
Shining one, golden as the champa flower (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) * (The Old Woman Messenger speaks)
Shining one (Shining one, golden as the champa flower) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - George Rochberg *
The Altars in the Street (Children begin at green dawn nimbly to build) - Joelle Wallach *
The Batterers (A man sits by the bed) - Joelle Wallach *
The cat is eating the roses * - William Bolcom (The sage)
The fire in leaf and grass (from The Sorrow Dance) * (Living)
The fire in leaf and grass (from The Sorrow Dance) * - Marjorie M. Rusche, Joelle Wallach (Living)
The fire in leaf and grass (The fire in leaf and grass) (from The Sorrow Dance) - Vally Weigl, née Pick *
The fire in leaf and grass (from The Sorrow Dance) * - Vally Weigl, née Pick (The fire in leaf and grass)
The fluteplayer * - Simon Sargon (A river of honey)
The fluteplayer * (Raga)
The Fountain (Don't say, don't say there is no water) - Joelle Wallach *
The Old Woman Messenger speaks (I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
The Old Woman Messenger speaks (Shining one, golden as the champa flower) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
The Open Sentence (To look out over roofs) - Joelle Wallach *
The pleated lampshade, slightly askew * - Joelle Wallach (Midnight Gladness)
The sage (The cat is eating the roses) - William Bolcom *
To look out over roofs * - Joelle Wallach (The Open Sentence)
What were they like? () [x] *
What were they like? () - Irwin Heilner [x] *
Who is at my window () [x] *
Who is at my window () - Vally Weigl, née Pick [x] *

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