Texts by K. Rexroth 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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- After you were gone - D. Hagen ⊗ *
- Aix en Provence: Spring (There are no images here) *
- A little child (A little child) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- A little child - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Alone () - S. Gendel [x] *
- A single ray () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Autumn covers all the world (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- Autumn (Autumn covers all the world) (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- A white bird (Once, far over the breakers) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Before we were lovers () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Do not smile to yourself (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - D. Cameron, E. Vercoe *
- Do not smile (Do not smile to yourself) (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - D. Cameron *
- Fair autumn (I sought to make fair autumn yet more fair) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- From the plum the petals blow (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- From the plum (From the plum the petals blow) (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- Gic to Har (It is late at night, cold and damp) - S. Gendel *
- Half in a dream () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Have you any idea how long a night can last ⊗ *
- Have you any idea - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- I do not know why (I do not know why) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- I do not know why - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- I dreamed I held - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- If I thought I could get away (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- If I thought (If I thought I could get away) (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- I go out of the darkness - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- I love and fear him - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- I love you () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Imperceptible it withers in the world ⊗ *
- Imperceptible - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- I should not have waited - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- I sit at my desk (I sit at my desk) (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- I sit at my desk (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- I sought to make fair autumn yet more fair - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- It does not matter that I am forgotten GER *
- It does not matter GER - E. Vercoe *
- It is late at night, cold and damp - S. Gendel (Gic to Har) *
- I waited all night () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Just us./ In our little house (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- Just us (Just us./ In our little house) (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- Lady Akazome Emon (I should not have waited) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Horikawa (Will he always love me?) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Izumi Shikibu (II) (Will I cease to be) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Izumi Shikibu (I go out of the darkness) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Kasa (II) (I dreamed I held) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Kasa (I love and fear him) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu (Someone passes) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (II) (You say, "I will come.") (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - E. Vercoe *
- Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (Do not smile to yourself) (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - E. Vercoe *
- Lady Suo (That spring night I spent) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Lady Ukon (It does not matter) - E. Vercoe GER *
- Left on the beach (Left on the beach) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Left on the beach - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Listen () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Love me () - S. Gendel [x] *
- My full heart () - S. Gendel [x] *
- My sorrow () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Oh the anguish of these secret meetings (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- Oh the anguish (Oh the anguish of these secret meetings) (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- Once, far over the breakers - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Only dreams () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Sea water () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Since you went away (After you were gone) - D. Hagen ⊗ *
- Someone passes, and while I wonder ⊗ *
- Someone passes - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Spring (There are no images here) - S. Gendel *
- Swifter than hail (Swifter than hail) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Swifter than hail - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- Ten thousand miles () - S. Gendel [x] *
- That spring night I spent - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- The blue-eyed grass is opening now (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- The blue-eyed grass (The blue-eyed grass is opening now) (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- The mist floats on the spring meadow (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - D. Cameron ⊗
- The Mist (The mist floats on the spring meadow) (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - D. Cameron ⊗
- The Mother of the Commander Michitsuna (Have you any idea) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- The nightingale has not come - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- The nightingale (The nightingale has not come) - S. Chatman ⊗ *
- The Poetess Ono No Komachi (Imperceptible) - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- There are no images here - S. Gendel (Aix en Provence: Spring) *
- The sea is quiet, the wind gives over (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- The sea is quiet (The sea is quiet, the wind gives over) (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- Understanding (You say, "I will come.") (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - D. Cameron *
- What years are these? (Greensleeves) (What years are these that warm your breast) (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- What years are these that warm your breast (from Songs for Marie’s Lutebook) - S. Gendel *
- Will he always love me? - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- Will I cease to be - E. Vercoe ⊗ *
- You ask me what I thought about (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- You ask me (You ask me what I thought about) (from The Love Poems of Marichiko) - L. Laitman *
- You say, "I will come." (from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese) - D. Cameron, E. Vercoe *
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