Texts by A. Lowell set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
- Men, Women, and Ghosts
- Pictures of the Floating World
- Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
- What's O'clock
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.
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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.
- Absence (My cup is empty to-night) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- A burnt offering (Because there was no wind) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - A. Steinert
- A decade (When you came, you were like red wine and honey) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - C. Engel, A. Hudson ITA
- A Fixed Idea (What torture lurks within a single thought) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Higdon
- A Gift (See! I give myself to you, Beloved!) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- A Lady (You are beautiful and faded) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed)
- All day I have watched the purple vine leaves (from Pictures of the Floating World) - J. Case (Autumn)
- All day long I have been working - C. Dougherty (Madonna of the Evening Flowers)
- A Minstrel stands on a marble stair (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Zinn
- An Opera House (Within the gold square of the proscenium arch) - L. Liebermann
- Apology (Be not angry with me that I bear) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- At Night (The wind is singing through the trees to-night) - A. Roth
- Autumn (All day I have watched the purple vine leaves) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - J. Case
- Because there was no wind (from Pictures of the Floating World) - A. Steinert (A burnt offering)
- Be not angry with me that I bear (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- Blow softly (from Pictures of the Floating World) - A. Steinert (Temple ceremony)
- Falling snow (The snow whispers about me) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - J. Fox
- Hold your soul open for my welcoming (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- Hora Stellatrix (The stars hang thick in the apple tree) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Zinn
- I dug a grave under an oak-tree (I dug a grave under an oak-tree) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall SPA
- I dug a grave under an oak-tree (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) SPA - J. Hall
- I followed a procession of singing girls (I followed a procession of singing girls) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I followed a procession of singing girls (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I gambled with a silver money (I gambled with a silver money) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I gambled with a silver money (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I had made a kite (I had made a kite) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I had made a kite (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- Interlude () - B. Moore [x]
- I painted the leaves of bushes red (I painted the leaves of bushes red) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I painted the leaves of bushes red (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- Is it the tinkling of mandolins which disturbs you ? (from Pictures of the Floating World) - M. Gideon (Little ivory figures pulled with string)
- I stand under the willow tree above the river (from Pictures of the Floating World) (Vicarious) - F. Rahn, A. Steinert
- I walk down the garden paths (from Men, Women, and Ghosts) - W. Bottje, S. Gendel, J. Heggie, R. Owen, J. Polifrone, D. Sisco (Patterns)
- I wandered through a house of many rooms (I wandered through a house of many rooms) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I wandered through a house of many rooms (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I wished to post a letter (I wished to post a letter) (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- I wished to post a letter (from Pictures of the Floating World - Dreams in War Time) - J. Hall
- Late September (Tang of fruitage in the air) - A. Roth
- Left Behind (White phlox and white hydrangeas) - A. Roth
- Life is a stream on which we strew (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) (Petals) - J. Case
- Life is a stream (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Case (Petals)
- Little ivory figures pulled with string (Is it the tinkling of mandolins which disturbs you ?) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - M. Gideon
- Madonna of the Evening Flowers (All day long I have been working) - C. Dougherty
- Music (The neighbour sits in his window and plays the flute) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - C. Dougherty, S. Sargon
- My cup is empty to-night (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- Naughty little speckled trout (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - C. Engel (The trout)
- Night clouds (The white mares of the moon rush along the sky) - R. Sowash
- November (The vine leaves against the brick walls of my house) - J. Hall
- Oh! To be a flower (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Zinn (Song)
- Patterns (I walk down the garden paths) (from Men, Women, and Ghosts) - W. Bottje, S. Gendel, J. Heggie, R. Owen, J. Polifrone, D. Sisco
- Petals (Life is a stream) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Case
- Portrait of a Lady (You are beautiful and faded) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - C. Dougherty
- Primavera (Spring has arrived) (from What's O'clock) - C. Dougherty
- Sea-shell, Sea-shell (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - C. Engel, L. Grier, F. White
- Sea-shell (Sea-shell, Sea-shell) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - C. Engel, F. White
- See! I give myself to you, Beloved! (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- Shore grass (The moon is cold over the sand-dunes) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - F. Rahn
- Song (Oh! To be a flower) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Zinn
- Spring has arrived (from What's O'clock) - C. Dougherty
- Storm by the seashore (There is no moon in the sky) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - A. Steinert
- Tang of fruitage in the air - A. Roth (Late September)
- Temple ceremony (Blow softly) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - A. Steinert
- The Fruit Garden Path (The path runs straight between the flowering rows) - A. Roth
- The Giver of Stars (Hold your soul open for my welcoming) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - J. Higdon
- The moon is cold over the sand-dunes (from Pictures of the Floating World) - F. Rahn (Shore grass)
- The neighbour sits in his window and plays the flute (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - C. Dougherty, S. Sargon (Music)
- The path runs straight between the flowering rows - A. Roth (The Fruit Garden Path)
- There is no moon in the sky (from Pictures of the Floating World) - A. Steinert (Storm by the seashore)
- The Road to Avignon (A Minstrel stands on a marble stair) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Zinn
- The seashell (Sea-shell, Sea-shell) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - L. Grier
- The snow whispers about me (from Pictures of the Floating World) - J. Fox (Falling snow)
- The stars hang thick in the apple tree (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Zinn (Hora Stellatrix)
- The taxi (When I go away from you) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - C. Dougherty
- The trout (Naughty little speckled trout) (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - C. Engel
- The vine leaves against the brick walls of my house - J. Hall (November)
- The white mares of the moon rush along the sky - R. Sowash (Night clouds)
- The wind is singing through the trees to-night - A. Roth (At Night)
- Vicarious (When I stand under the willow tree) (from Pictures of the Floating World) - F. Rahn, A. Steinert
- What torture lurks within a single thought (from A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass) - J. Higdon
- When I go away from you (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - C. Dougherty, H. Hadley (The taxi)
- When I go away from you (When I go away from you) (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - H. Hadley
- When I stand under the willow tree (from Pictures of the Floating World) - F. Rahn, A. Steinert (Vicarious)
- When you came, you were like red wine and honey (from Pictures of the Floating World) ITA - C. Engel, A. Hudson (A decade)
- White phlox and white hydrangeas - A. Roth (Left Behind)
- Within the gold square of the proscenium arch - L. Liebermann
- You are beautiful and faded (from Sword Blades and Poppy Seed) - C. Dougherty (A Lady)
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