Texts by W. Collins 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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- All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now - S. Garrop *
- Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house () - T. Cipullo [x] *
- Cancer (When you need to say the word) - T. Cipullo *
- Dancing Toward Bethlehem (If there is only enough time in the final) - L. Grier *
- Desire (It would be easier to compile an encyclopedia) (from The Apple that Astonished Paris) - T. Cipullo *
- Embrace (You know the parlor trick) - T. Cipullo *
- Endangered (It is so quiet on the shore of this motionless lake) - S. Garrop *
- Even though the house is deeply silent - V. Fung *
- Flames (Smokey the Bear heads) - T. Cipullo *
- Forgetfulness (The name of the author is the first to go) - L. Grier *
- He used to frighten me in the nights of childhood *
- I ask them to take a poem - S. Garrop *
- If there is only enough time in the final - L. Grier *
- Insomnia (Even though the house is deeply silent) - V. Fung *
- Introduction To Poetry (I ask them to take a poem) - S. Garrop *
- It is so quiet on the shore of this motionless lake - S. Garrop *
- It seems these poets have nothing - Z. Tian *
- It was Adolph Sax, remember - P. Jalbert *
- It would be easier to compile an encyclopedia (from The Apple that Astonished Paris) - T. Cipullo *
- I want the scissors to be sharp - S. Garrop *
- Putting down the cat (The assistant holds her on the table) - T. Cipullo *
- Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty, I Pause to Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles (It seems these poets have nothing) - Z. Tian *
- Smokey the Bear heads - T. Cipullo *
- Sonnet (All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now) - S. Garrop *
- The assistant holds her on the table - T. Cipullo *
- The Invention of the Saxophone (It was Adolph Sax, remember) - P. Jalbert *
- The name of the author is the first to go - L. Grier *
- There is no known cure for them - V. Fung (The Willies) *
- The Willies (There is no known cure for them) - V. Fung *
- Vade Mecum (I want the scissors to be sharp) - S. Garrop *
- When you need to say the word - T. Cipullo *
- You know the parlor trick - T. Cipullo *
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