Texts by J. Wright 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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- A bear under the snow/ Turns over to yawn - D. Pinkham (March) [x] *
- A Breath of Air (I walked, when love was gone) (from St. Judas) - M. Houghton
- Apollo () - D. Pinkham [x] *
- Autumnal () - D. Pinkham [x] *
- Autumn begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio (In the Shreve High football stadium) - H. Meltzer *
- Beautiful Ohio () - H. Meltzer [x] *
- Caprice () - H. Meltzer [x] *
- Come, look quietly (He has a perfectly round small purple cap on his crown) (from The Journey) - D. Pinkham [x] *
- He has a perfectly round small purple cap on his crown (from The Journey) - D. Pinkham [x] *
- He knows that all dogs bounding here and there (from The Journey) - D. Pinkham (The fox at Eype) *
- I had no idea the elf owl (from Above the River) - M. Houghton (To the Saguaro Cactus Tree in the Desert Rain)
- In the Shreve High football stadium - H. Meltzer (Autumn begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio) *
- It was one evening - M. Houghton (Neruda)
- I walked, when love was gone (from St. Judas) - M. Houghton
- Little marble boy () - H. Meltzer [x] *
- Love in a War Room in Winter (The trouble with you is) (from Above the River)
- March (A bear under the snow/ Turns over to yawn) - D. Pinkham [x] *
- Neruda (It was one evening) - M. Houghton
- Sleep () - D. Pinkham [x] *
- Small frogs killed on the highway (Still,/ I would leap too) - H. Meltzer *
- Still,/ I would leap too - H. Meltzer (Small frogs killed on the highway) *
- The fox at Eype (He knows that all dogs bounding here and there) (from The Journey) - D. Pinkham *
- The trouble with you is (from Above the River) - M. Houghton (Love in a War Room in Winter)
- The Trouble with You (The trouble with you is) (from Above the River) - M. Houghton
- To a Troubled Friend (Weep, and weep long, but do not weep for me) (from The Green Wall) - M. Houghton
- Too soon, too soon, a man will come (from This Branch Will Not Break) - L. Laitman (Two Horses Playing in the Orchard) *
- To the Saguaro Cactus Tree in the Desert Rain (I had no idea the elf owl) (from Above the River) - M. Houghton
- Two Horses Playing in the Orchard (Too soon, too soon, a man will come) (from This Branch Will Not Break) - L. Laitman *
- Weep, and weep long, but do not weep for me (from The Green Wall) - M. Houghton (To a Troubled Friend)
Last update: 2026-02-01 16:48:50