Texts by S. Smith set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971)

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

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A father for a fool (Little Master Home-from-School) (from Tender Only to One) - D. Young [x]
Après la politique, la Haine des Bourbons [x] - J. Gardner
Après la politique (Après la politique, la Haine des Bourbons) - J. Gardner [x]
A soul earthbound by the grievance of never having been important (You never heard of me, I dare) - G. Crosse
Autumn () - A. Bullard [x]
Avondale (How sweet the birds of Avondale) (from The Frog Prince) - G. Bush, A. Hedges [possibly misattributed]
Avondall (I had a dream I was a bird) - G. Crosse [x]
Away, melancholy (Away, melancholy) (from Not Waving but Drowning) - A. Parker [x]
Be off! (I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer) (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens
Ceux qui luttent ce sont ceux qui vivent (from Tender Only to One) - E. Lutyens (Ceux qui luttent)
Ceux qui luttent (Ceux qui luttent ce sont ceux qui vivent) (from Tender Only to One) - E. Lutyens
Come, death () - R. Holloway [x]
Come on, come back (Left by the ebbing tide of battle) (from Not Waving but Drowning) - D. Young [x]
Come, wed me, Lady Singleton (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens (Lady "Rogue" Singleton)
Conviction (IV) (I like to get off with people) - S. Grill
Conviction (iv) (I like to get off with people)
Donnez à manger aux affamées (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens (The film star)
Fafnir and the knights (In the quiet waters) (from Not Waving but Drowning) [x]
Fafnir (In the quiet waters) (from Not Waving but Drowning) - D. Young [x]
From the Coptic () - R. Holloway [x]
God and man () - R. Holloway [x]
How sweet the birds of Avondale (from The Frog Prince) [possibly misattributed] - G. Bush, A. Hedges (Avondale)
I always remember your beautiful flowers (from Harold's Leap) - J. Gardner, E. Lutyens (Pad, pad)
I am a frog (from The Frog Prince) [x] - G. Crosse (The frog prince)
I cannot imagine anything nicer [x] - J. Cousins, G. Crosse (Poor soul, poor girl! (A Debutante))
I can't say I enjoyed it, but the pay was good (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens (The actress)
I died for lack of company (I died for lack of company) - G. Crosse [x]
I died for lack of company [x] - G. Crosse (Voice from the Tomb (4))
I fell in love with the Major Spruce (from a good time was had by all) - E. Lutyens (Progression)
I had a dream I was a bird [x] - G. Crosse
I like to get off with people - S. Grill (Conviction (iv))
I like to toss him up and down - G. Bush, J. Gardner (My Cats)
I look in the glass (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens (The repentance of Lady T)
I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens (Be off!)
In the quiet waters (from Not Waving but Drowning) [x] - D. Young (Fafnir and the knights)
I rode with my darling () - R. Holloway [x]
I sigh for the heavenly country - J. Bartlett, A. Bullard (The Heavenly City)
I trod a foreign path, dears [x] - G. Crosse (Voice from the Tomb (2))
I trod a foreign path (I trod a foreign path, dears) - G. Crosse [x]
King Arthur rode in another world [x] - G. Crosse
Lady "Rogue" Singleton (Come, wed me, Lady Singleton) (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens
Left by the ebbing tide of battle (from Not Waving but Drowning) [x] - D. Young (Come on, come back)
Little Master Home-from-School (from Tender Only to One) [x] - D. Young (A father for a fool)
Miss Pauncefort sang at the top of her voice (from a good time was had by all) - E. Lutyens (The songster)
My cats (I like to toss him up and down) - G. Bush, J. Gardner
Night-time in the cemetery (The funeral paths are hung with snow) (from a good time was had by all) - D. Young [x]
Nobody heard him, the dead man (from Not Waving but Drowning) [x] - D. Young (Not waving but drowning)
Not waving but drowning (Nobody heard him, the dead man) (from Not Waving but Drowning) - D. Young [x]
Pad, pad (I always remember your beautiful flowers) (from Harold's Leap) - J. Gardner, E. Lutyens
Poor soul, poor girl! (A Debutante) (I cannot imagine anything nicer) - J. Cousins, G. Crosse [x]
Private means is dead () - J. Gardner [x]
Progression (I fell in love with the Major Spruce) (from a good time was had by all) - E. Lutyens
So to fatness come () (from Tender Only to One) - R. Holloway [x]
Tender only to one (Tender only to one) (from Tender Only to One) - R. Holloway
The actress (I can't say I enjoyed it, but the pay was good) (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens
The bereaved swan (Wan) (from a good time was had by all) - J. Gardner, D. Young [x]
The Blue from Heaven (A Legend of King Arthur of Britain) (King Arthur rode in another world) - G. Crosse [x]
The boating party (from Mother, What is Man?) [x] - D. Young (The magic morning)
The cock and the hen () - J. Gardner [x]
The film star (Donnez à manger aux affamées) (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens
The frog prince (I am a frog) (from The Frog Prince) - G. Crosse [x]
The funeral paths are hung with snow (from a good time was had by all) [x] - D. Young (Night-time in the cemetery)
The heavenly city (I sigh for the heavenly country) - J. Bartlett, A. Bullard
The jungle husband () - J. Gardner [x]
The magic morning (The boating party) (from Mother, What is Man?) - D. Young [x]
The occasional yarrow () - A. Bullard [x]
The repentance of Lady T (I look in the glass) (from Mother, What is Man?) - E. Lutyens
The singing cat () - A. Bullard [x]
The songster (Miss Pauncefort sang at the top of her voice) (from a good time was had by all) - E. Lutyens
Up and down the streets they go (from a good time was had by all) - E. Lutyens (Up and down)
Up and down (Up and down the streets they go) (from a good time was had by all) - E. Lutyens
Venus when young choosing death () - R. Holloway [x]
Voice from the Tomb (2) (I trod a foreign path, dears) [x]
Voice from the Tomb (4) (I died for lack of company) [x]
Voice from the Tomb (5) - A soul earthbound by the grievance of never having been important (You never heard of me, I dare)
Wan (from a good time was had by all) [x] - J. Gardner, D. Young (The bereaved swan)
When the sparrow flies to the delicate branch (from Mother, What is Man?) [x] - R. Orton (When the sparrow flies)
When the sparrow flies (When the sparrow flies to the delicate branch) (from Mother, What is Man?) - R. Orton [x]
You never heard of me, I dare - G. Crosse (Voice from the Tomb (5) - A soul earthbound by the grievance of never having been important)

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