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

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.
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.

• Against Still Life (Orange in the middle of a table) - L. Laitman *
• Anger is red - J. Heggie *
• Anger (Anger is red) - J. Heggie *
• Bird Soul (If birds are human souls) - J. Heggie *
• Coda: Song (If you were a song) - J. Heggie *
• Dream (When I sleep you appear) - J. Heggie *
• Eating Fire (Eating fire) - T. León *
• Empty Chair (Who was my sister) - J. Heggie *
• Enchantment (If this were a story) - J. Heggie *
• Flying inside your own body (Your lungs fill & spread themselves) - J. Cloud *
• Four Evasions (Sitting in the car, houses & wind outside) - T. León *
• Habitation (Marriage is not) - E. Fábregas, T. León *
• I am sitting on the edge (I am sitting on the) - L. Laitman *
• I am sitting on the - L. Laitman *
• If birds are human souls - J. Heggie *
• If this were a story - J. Heggie *
• If you were a song - J. Heggie *
• I was reading a scientific article (They have photographed the brain) - L. Laitman *
• I was too late - J. Heggie *
• I would like to watch you sleeping - J. Cloud (Variations on the word Sleep) *
• Lost (So many sisters lost) - J. Heggie *
• Marriage is not - E. Fábregas, T. León (Habitation) *
• Memory is not in the head - T. León (Memory) *
• Memory (Memory is not in the head) - T. León *
• Night poem (There is nothing to be afraid of) - J. Cloud *
• Notes towards a Poem that can never be Written (This is the place) - T. León *
• Orange in the middle of a table - L. Laitman *
• Rage (I was too late) - J. Heggie *
• Siren song (This is the one song everyone) - J. Cloud, S. Grill *
• Sitting in the car, houses & wind outside - T. León (Four Evasions) *
• So many sisters lost - J. Heggie *
• There is nothing to be afraid of - J. Cloud (Night poem) *
• They have photographed the brain - L. Laitman *
• This is the one song everyone - J. Cloud, S. Grill (Siren song) *
• This is the place - T. León (Notes towards a Poem that can never be Written) *
• Tristeţi descompuse = Decomposed griefs () - E. Apostol [x] *
• Variations on the word Sleep (I would like to watch you sleeping) - J. Cloud *
• When I sleep you appear - J. Heggie *
• Who was my sister - J. Heggie *
• Your lungs fill & spread themselves - J. Cloud (Flying inside your own body) *

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