Texts by A. Sexton 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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- By the first of August * - J. Mitchell
- Concerning your letter in which you ask * - J. Mitchell
- Death starts like a dream (from All My Pretty Ones) * - E. Vercoe (Old)
- For the year of the insane (O Mary, fragile mother) *
- Frenzy (I am not lazy) - J. Mitchell *
- Her kind (I have gone out, a possessed witch) (from To Bedlam and Part Way Back) - J. Mitchell, E. Vercoe *
- Housewife (Some women marry houses) - J. Mitchell *
- Husband, last night I dreamt they cut off your hands and feet *
- Husband,/ last night I dreamt * - J. Mitchell
- I am not lazy * - J. Mitchell
- I have gone out, a possessed witch (from To Bedlam and Part Way Back) * - J. Mitchell, E. Vercoe (Her Kind)
- In Excelsis (It is half winter, half spring) - J. Mitchell *
- I Remember (By the first of August) - J. Mitchell *
- It is half winter, half spring * - J. Mitchell
- Just once I knew what life was for * - W. Bolcom, J. Mitchell (Just once)
- Just once (Just once I knew what life was for) - W. Bolcom, J. Mitchell *
- Mr. Mine (Notice how he has numbered the blue veins) - J. Mitchell *
- Music swims back to me (Wait Mister. Which way is home?) - J. Mitchell *
- My faith/ is a great weight * - J. Mitchell
- Noon walk on the asylum lawn (The summer sun ray) (from To Bedlam and Part Way Back) - E. Vercoe *
- Notice how he has numbered the blue veins * - J. Mitchell
- Old (Death starts like a dream) (from All My Pretty Ones) - E. Vercoe *
- O Mary, fragile mother * - J. Mitchell (For the year of the insane)
- O Mary, fragile mother (O Mary, fragile mother) - J. Mitchell *
- Small wire (My faith/ is a great weight) - J. Mitchell *
- Some women marry houses * - J. Mitchell
- The balance wheel (Where I waved at the sky) - J. Mitchell *
- The fury of guitars and sopranos (This singing) - A. Hudson *
- The starry night (The town does not exist) - J. Heggie, J. Mitchell *
- The summer sun ray (from To Bedlam and Part Way Back) * - E. Vercoe (Noon walk on the asylum lawn)
- The town does not exist * - J. Heggie, J. Mitchell
- This singing/ is a kind of dying * (The fury of guitars and sopranos) - A. Hudson
- This singing * - A. Hudson (The fury of guitars and sopranos)
- Wait Mister. Which way is home? * - J. Mitchell
- Where it was at back then (Husband,/ last night I dreamt) - J. Mitchell *
- Where I waved at the sky * - J. Mitchell
- With mercy for the Greedy (Concerning your letter in which you ask) - J. Mitchell *
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