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

 § Author § 

Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982)

Text Collections:

  • New Found Land
  • Poems 1924-1933
  • Songs for Eve
  • Streets in the Moon
  • The Pot of Earth
  • Tower of Ivory

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

Legend:
The symbol [x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database.
The symbol ⊗ indicates a translation that is missing an original text.

A * indicates that a text cannot (yet?) be displayed on this site because of its copyright status.
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.

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

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