Texts by A. MacLeish set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982)

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

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Adam's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Adam's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
Alien () - John Woods Duke [x] *
An eternity (There is no dusk to be) (from Tower of Ivory)
An eternity (There is no dusk to be) (from Tower of Ivory) - Gary Bachlund
Dedication () (from New Found Land) - Douglas Stuart Moore [x] *
Epistle to be left in the earth () (from New Found Land) [x] *
Epistle to be left in the earth () (from New Found Land) - Carlos Chávez [x] *
Eve answers the burdock () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve answers the burdock () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
Eve explains to the thrush who repeats everything () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve explains to the thrush who repeats everything () (from Songs for Eve) - Ezra Laderman [x] *
Eve in the dawn () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve in the dawn () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander, Ezra Laderman [x] *
Eve old () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve old () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
Eve quiets her children () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve quiets her children () (from Songs for Eve) - Ezra Laderman [x] *
Eve's child () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve's child () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
Eve's exile () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve's exile () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander, Ezra Laderman [x] *
Eve's Now-I-Lay-Me () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve's Now-I-Lay-Me () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander, Ezra Laderman [x] *
Eve's rebuke to her child () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve's rebuke to her child () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander, Ezra Laderman [x] *
Eve's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
Eve to the storm of thunder () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
Eve to the storm of thunder () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
Go secretly and put me in the ground (from The Pot of Earth) [x] * - Ross Lee Finney (Go secretly)
Go secretly (Go secretly and put me in the ground) (from The Pot of Earth) - Ross Lee Finney [x] *
Heart's remembering () - Leonard P. Breedlove [x]
Pole star for this year () - John Woods Duke [x] *
Pole star () - Jochem Slothouwer [x] *
Quite unexpectedly as Vasserot (from Streets in the Moon) * (The end of the world)
Quite unexpectedly as Vasserot (from Streets in the Moon) * - Richard Jackson Cumming, John Woods Duke, Pasquale J. Spino (The end of the world)
Salute () (from New Found Land) [x] *
Salute () (from New Found Land) - Ross Lee Finney [x] *
Songs of Time and the Infinite [song cycle] () - Albert Biales [x] *
The babe's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
The babe's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
The end of the world (Quite unexpectedly as Vasserot) (from Streets in the Moon) *
The end of the world (Quite unexpectedly as Vasserot) (from Streets in the Moon) - Richard Jackson Cumming, John Woods Duke, Pasquale J. Spino *
The fall () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
The fall () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
The flowers of the sea are brief (from The Pot of Earth) [x] * - Ross Lee Finney (The flowers of the sea)
The flowers of the sea (The flowers of the sea are brief) (from The Pot of Earth) - Ross Lee Finney [x] *
The linden branch () - Miriam Gideon [x] *
Theory of Poetry () - Miriam Gideon [x] *
There is no dusk to be (from Tower of Ivory) (An eternity)
There is no dusk to be (from Tower of Ivory) - Gary Bachlund (An eternity)
The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - Ezra Laderman [x] *
The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - Ezra Laderman [x] *
The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - Ezra Laderman [x] *
The riddles () (from Songs for Eve) - Ezra Laderman [x] *
These, my Ophelia, stars are not now * - Theodore Ward Chanler, Ross Lee Finney (These, my Ophelia)
These, my Ophelia (These, my Ophelia, stars are not now) - Theodore Ward Chanler, Ross Lee Finney *
The serpent's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
The serpent's riddle () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
The snow fall () - Miriam Gideon [x] *
The Too-Late Born (We too, we too, descending once again) (from Poems 1924-1933) - Miriam Gideon *
The two trees () - Miriam Gideon [x] *
They seemed to be waiting () (from The Pot of Earth) - Ross Lee Finney [x] *
Water is heavy silver over stone * (What any lover learns)
Water is heavy silver over stone * - Rick Sowash (What any lover learns)
We too, we too, descending once again (from Poems 1924-1933) * - Miriam Gideon (The Too-Late Born)
What any lover learns (Water is heavy silver over stone) *
What any lover learns (Water is heavy silver over stone) - Rick Sowash *
What Eve said () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
What Eve said () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander [x] *
What Eve sang () (from Songs for Eve) [x] *
What Eve sang () (from Songs for Eve) - Josef Alexander, Ezra Laderman [x] *

Last update: 2019-04-11 01:25:01