Texts by M. Moore set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)

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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.
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a contrapuntalist — * - J. Hall (Melchior Vulpius)
A jellyfish () - S. Adler [x] *
A talisman (Under a splintered mast torn) - R. Robbins [x] *
Carnegie Hall: Rescued (It spreads,” the campaign—carried on) - J. Hall *
Chameleon () (from O to be a Dragon) - L. Spratlan [x] *
Dream (The committee — now a permanent body —) - J. Hall *
English Usage (Make a fuss and be tedious) (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) - V. Thomson *
Epilogue (Our peregrination must end there) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
I am hard to disgust * - J. Hall (Mercifully)
If I, like Solomon, * - S. Adler, W. Bolcom (O to be a dragon)
If we lend no aid in this world of care (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The horse and the ass)
I sing when Aesop’s wand animates my lyre (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - S. Adler, J. Hall (To His Royal Highness the Dauphin)
It spreads,” the campaign—carried on * - J. Hall (Carnegie Hall: Rescued)
I've Been Thinking... (Make a fuss and be tedious) (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) *
Make a fuss and be tedious (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) * - V. Thomson (I've Been Thinking...)
Melchior Vulpius (a contrapuntalist —) - J. Hall *
Mercifully (I am hard to disgust) - J. Hall *
My crow Pluto (Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato) (from Tell Me, Tell Me) - V. Thomson *
Now one of Doctor Fear-the-Worst’s cases was sad (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The physicians)
Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato (from Tell Me, Tell Me) * - V. Thomson (To Victor Hugo of My Crow Pluto)
On his airy perch among the branches (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The fox and the crow)
O to be a dragon (If I, like Solomon,) - S. Adler, W. Bolcom *
Our peregrination must end there (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (Epilogue)
Propriety/ is some such word * - J. Hall (Propriety)
Propriety (Propriety/ is some such word) - J. Hall *
Strike till the iron is hot (Make a fuss and be tedious) (from The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore) - V. Thomson *
Take all that is there and forfeit increment (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) * - J. Hall (The hen that laid the golden eggs)
The committee — now a permanent body — * - J. Hall (Dream)
The fox and the crow (On his airy perch among the branches) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
The hen that laid the golden eggs (Take all that is there and forfeit increment) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
The horse and the ass (If we lend no aid in this world of care) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
The physicians (Now one of Doctor Fear-the-Worst’s cases was sad) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - J. Hall *
To a chameleon () (from O to be a Dragon) - S. Adler [x] *
To His Royal Highness the Dauphin (I sing when Aesop’s wand animates my lyre) (from The Fables of La Fontaine: A Complete New Translation) - S. Adler, J. Hall *
To Victor Hugo of My Crow Pluto (Of: my crow Pluto, the true Plato) (from Tell Me, Tell Me) *
Under a splintered mast torn [x] * - R. Robbins

Last update: 2023-05-10 14:42:39