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Texts by E. Bishop set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979)

Text Collections:

  • Cape Breton
  • North and South
  • Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring
  • Questions of Travel

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

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The symbol [x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database.
The symbol ⊗ indicates a translation that is missing an original text.

A * indicates that a text cannot (yet?) be displayed on this site because of its copyright status.
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.

  • Across the floor flits the mechanical toy * - J. Harbison (Cirque d'hiver)
  • Alone on the railroad track * - J. Harbison (Chemin de Fer)
  • Anaphora (Each day with so much ceremony) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - E. Carter *
  • And now creeps down * - J. Hall (Imber Nocturnus)
  • An endless and flooded * - J. Plant
  • A pocket of time (We lived in a pocket of Time) - L. Hoiby
  • Argument (Days that cannot bring you near) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - E. Carter *
  • At four o’clock * - J. Hall (Roosters)
  • A washing hangs upon the line (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) * - J. Harbison (Ballad for Billie I)
  • A word with you () - J. Hall [x] *
  • Ballad for Billie I (A washing hangs upon the line) (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) - J. Harbison *
  • Ballad for Billie II (The time has come to call a halt) (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) - J. Harbison *
  • Bedlam () (from Questions of Travel) - N. Rorem [x] *
  • Beneath that loved and celebrated breast (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) * - E. Carter (O breath)
  • Breakfast song (My love, my saving grace) (from North and South) - J. Harbison *
  • Caught -- the bubble * - A. Thomas
  • Chemin de Fer (Alone on the railroad track) - J. Harbison *
  • Cirque d'hiver (Across the floor flits the mechanical toy) - J. Harbison *
  • Conversation (The tumult in the heart) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) - N. Rorem *
  • Days that cannot bring you near (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - E. Carter (Argument)
  • Dear, my compass... (Dear, my compass) - J. Harbison *
  • Dear, my compass * - J. Harbison
  • Each day with so much ceremony (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - E. Carter (Anaphora)
  • Filling Station (Oh, but it is dirty!) - L. Hoiby *
  • From a magician's midnight sleeve (from North and South) * - J. Harbison (Late air)
  • From Brooklyn, over the Brooklyn Bridge, on this fine morning * - S. Smith (Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore)
  • Giant snail (The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all) - L. Hoiby *
  • Giant Toad (I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me) - L. Hoiby *
  • I am in need of music that would flow * - J. Cloud, C. Hatzis, A. Henderson, B. Moore, T. Picker (Sonnet)
  • I am in need of music (I am in need of music that would flow) - C. Hatzis, A. Henderson, B. Moore, T. Picker *
  • I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me * - L. Hoiby (Giant Toad)
  • I caught a tremendous fish * - W. Bolcom
  • Imber nocturnus (And now creeps down) - J. Hall *
  • Insomnia (The moon in the bureau mirror) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - E. Carter, L. Hoiby *
  • Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore (From Brooklyn, over the Brooklyn Bridge, on this fine morning) - S. Smith *
  • Late air (From a magician's midnight sleeve) (from North and South) - J. Harbison *
  • Manners (My grandfather said to me) - L. Hoiby *
  • Moving from left to left, the light (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - E. Carter (View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress)
  • My grandfather said to me * - L. Hoiby
  • My love, my saving grace (from North and South) * - J. Harbison (Breakfast song)
  • O breath (Beneath that loved and celebrated breast) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) - E. Carter *
  • Oh, but it is dirty! * - L. Hoiby (Filling Station)
  • One art () - J. Hall [x] *
  • Roosters (At four o’clock) - J. Hall *
  • Sandpiper (The roaring alongside he takes for granted) (from Questions of Travel) - E. Carter, L. Hoiby, J. Plant *
  • Sleep standing up () - D. Schlosberg [x] *
  • Song (Summer is over upon the sea) (from North and South) - J. Harbison *
  • Sonnet (1928) (I am in need of music that would flow) - J. Cloud *
  • Sonnet (Caught -- the bubble) - A. Thomas *
  • Sonnet (I am in need of music that would flow) *
  • Sonnet () - J. Hall [x] *
  • Strayed crab (This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? It must) - L. Hoiby *
  • Summer is over upon the sea (from North and South) * - J. Harbison (Song)
  • Sunday, 4 a.m. (An endless and flooded) - J. Plant *
  • The fish (I caught a tremendous fish) - W. Bolcom *
  • The moon in the bureau mirror (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) * - E. Carter, L. Hoiby (Insomnia)
  • The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all night * (Giant Snail) - L. Hoiby
  • The rain has stopped. The waterfall will roar like that all * - L. Hoiby (Giant Snail)
  • The roaring alongside he takes for granted (from Questions of Travel) * - E. Carter, L. Hoiby, J. Plant (Sandpiper)
  • The silken water is weaving and weaving (The silken water is weaving and weaving) (from Cape Breton) - A. MacLean *
  • The silken water is weaving and weaving (from Cape Breton) * - A. MacLean
  • The time has come to call a halt (from North and South - Songs for a Colored Singer) * - J. Harbison (Ballad for Billie II)
  • The tumult in the heart (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring - Four Poems) * - N. Rorem (Conversation)
  • The wave () - J. Hall [x] *
  • This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? It must * - L. Hoiby (Strayed Crab)
  • This is not my home. How did I get so far from water? * (Strayed Crab) - L. Hoiby
  • View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress (Moving from left to left, the light) (from Poems : North and South / A Cold Spring) - E. Carter *
  • Visits to St. Elizabeth's () (from Questions of Travel) - N. Rorem [x] *
  • We lived in a pocket of Time - L. Hoiby

Last update: 2023-09-10 18:40:26

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