Texts by D. Parker set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

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

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And if, my friend, you'd have it end (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (They part) *
A single flow'r he sent me, since we met (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, E. Diemer, S. Goodyear (One perfect rose) *
A string of shiny days we had (from Enough Rope) - B. Benton (The Dramatists) *
A very short song (Once, when I was young and true) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Because your eyes are slant and slow - W. Mayer
Biographies. 1. () (from Enough Rope) [x] *
Bohemia () - M. Horder [x] *
Bric à brac (Little things that no one needs) (from Sunset Gun) - M. Horder *
Bric-Brac (Little things that no one needs) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
Chant for dark hours (Some men, some men) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Chloe's hair, no doubt, was brighter (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Renunciation) *
Coda (There's little in taking or giving) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
Comment (Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, E. Diemer *
Condolence (They hurried here, as soon as you had died) - S. Goodyear *
Convalescent () - M. Horder [x] *
Four be the things I am wiser to know (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, C. Wirth (Inventory) *
Four be the things (Four be the things I am wiser to know) (from Enough Rope) - C. Wirth *
Frustration (If I had a shiny gun) *
Grief (A string of shiny days we had) (from Enough Rope) - B. Benton *
He'd have given me rolling lands (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (The choice) *
Here in my heart I am Helen (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Song of one of the girls) *
How am I to know () - J. King [x] *
I always saw, I always said (from Sunset Gun) - R. Gordon (The red dress) *
I do not like my state of mind (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Symptom recital) *
If I had a shiny gun (Frustration) - R. Gordon *
I'm wearied of wearying love, my friend (from Death and Taxes and Other Poems) - S. Barab (Ultimatum) *
Indian Summer (In youth, it was a way I had) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Inventory (Four be the things I am wiser to know) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
In youth, it was a way I had (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Indian Summer) *
Lady, lady should you meet (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, B. Moore, J. Musto (Social note) *
Little things that no one needs (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab, M. Horder (Bric-á-Brac) *
Little white love, your way you've taken (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Now at liberty) *
Love has gone a-rocketing (from Enough Rope) - M. Horder (Wail) *
Love song (My own dear love, he is strong and bold) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab
Lullaby (Sleep, pretty lady, the night is enfolding you) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Men (They hail you as their morning star) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
My own dear love, he is strong and bold (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Love song)
My own dear love () - M. Horder [x] *
Now at liberty (Little white love, your way you've taken) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Now this is the story () (from Enough Rope) - P. Fetler [x] *
Oh, I'd been better dying (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab (The trusting heart) *
Oh, I should like to ride the seas (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Song of perfect propriety) *
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, E. Diemer (Comment) *
Once, when I was young and true (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (A very short song) *
One perfect rose (A single flow'r he sent me, since we met) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, E. Diemer, S. Goodyear *
Prophetic soul (Because your eyes are slant and slow) - W. Mayer
Razors pain you (from Enough Rope) - J. Musto, G. Parchman (Résumé) *
Renunciation (Chloe's hair, no doubt, was brighter) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Résumé (Razors pain you) (from Enough Rope) - J. Musto, G. Parchman *
Rondeau redoublé (and scarcely worth the trouble, at that) (The same to me are sombre days and gay) (from Enough Rope)
Rondeau redoublé (The same to me are sombre days and gay) (from Enough Rope) - H. Clarke
Sleep, pretty lady, the night is enfolding you (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Lullaby) *
Social note (Lady, lady should you meet) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab, B. Moore, J. Musto *
Somebody's song (This is what I vow) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Some men, some men (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Chant for dark hours) *
Song in a minor key (There's a place I know where the birds swing low) (from Enough Rope) - G. Bachlund
Song of one of the girls (Here in my heart I am Helen) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Song of perfect propriety (Oh, I should like to ride the seas) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
Sweet lady sleep befriend me - R. Robbins [x] *
Symptom recital (I do not like my state of mind) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
The choice (He'd have given me rolling lands) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
The Dramatists (A string of shiny days we had) (from Enough Rope) *
The false friends (They laid their hands upon my head) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
The red dress (I always saw, I always said) (from Sunset Gun) - R. Gordon *
There's a place I know where the birds swing low (from Enough Rope) - G. Bachlund (Song in a minor key)
There's little in taking or giving (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab (Coda) *
The same to me are sombre days and gay (from Enough Rope) - H. Clarke (Rondeau redoublé (and scarcely worth the trouble, at that))
The sea (Who lay against the sea, and fled) - J. Musto *
The thin edge (With you, my heart is quiet here) - J. Heggie *
The trusting heart (Oh, I'd been better dying) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
The waltz () - L. Hoiby [x] *
They hail you as their morning star (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Men) *
They hurried here, as soon as you had died - S. Goodyear (Condolence) *
They laid their hands upon my head (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (The false friends) *
They part (And if, my friend, you'd have it end) (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab *
This I say, and this I know (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab (Wisdom) *
This is what I vow (from Enough Rope) - S. Barab (Somebody's song) *
Threat to a fickle lady (Sweet lady sleep befriend me) - R. Robbins [x] *
Ultimatum (I'm wearied of wearying love, my friend) (from Death and Taxes and Other Poems) - S. Barab *
Unfortunate coincidence () - M. Horder [x] *
Wail (Love has gone a-rocketing) (from Enough Rope) - M. Horder *
Who lay against the sea, and fled - J. Musto *
Wisdom (This I say, and this I know) (from Sunset Gun) - S. Barab *
Wisecracks () - T. Riedstra [x] *
With you, my heart is quiet here - J. Heggie (The thin edge) *
Words of comfort to be scratched on a mirror () (from Enough Rope) [x] *
Words of comfort () (from Enough Rope) - S. Calvin [x] *

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