Author: Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)
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- A child asleep in its own life (Among the old men that you know) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) *
- A child asleep in its own life (Among the old men that you know) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem *
- A clear day and no memories (No soldiers in the scenery) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind)
- A clear day and no memories (No soldiers in the scenery) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem
- A clear day and no memories (Today the air is clear of everything) *
- A clear day and no memories (Today the air is clear of everything) - Daron Aric Hagen *
- A few things for themselves * (O Florida, Venereal Soil)
- A few things for themselves * - Lee Hoiby (O Florida)
- Although you sit in a room that is gray * - Ellen Mandel (Gray room)
- A man and a woman (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- A mind of winter (One must have a mind of winter) (from Harmonium) - George Benjamin
- Among the old men that you know (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) * (A child asleep in its own life)
- Among the old men that you know (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) * - Ned Rorem (A child asleep in its own life)
- Among twenty snowy mountains (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks () - Justin Riveagh Connolly [x] *
- Another weeping woman (Pour the unhappiness out) (from Harmonium)
- Another weeping woman (Pour the unhappiness out) (from Harmonium) - Robin Holloway
- Ariel was glad he had written his poems (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) (The Planet on the Table)
- Ariel was glad he had written his poems (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem (The Planet on the Table)
- At the earliest ending of winter (Not ideas about the thing but the thing itself)
- At the earliest ending of winter - Ned Rorem (Not ideas about the thing but the thing itself)
- At the sight of blackbirds (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- Banal sojourn (Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps) (from Harmonium)
- Banal sojourn (Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps) (from Harmonium) - Robin Holloway
- Before My Door (Now grapes are plush upon the vine) - Lee Hoiby *
- Brooder, brooder, deep beneath its walls (The Dove in Spring)
- Brooder, brooder, deep beneath its walls - Ned Rorem (The Dove in Spring)
- Call the roller of big cigars (from Harmonium) (The Emperor of Ice-Cream)
- Call the roller of big cigars (from Harmonium) - Gary Bachlund, Andrew Hudson, Roger Reynolds (The Emperor of Ice-Cream)
- Continual Conversation with a Silent Man (The old brown hen and the old blue sky) - Lee Hoiby *
- Contrary Theses I (Now grapes are plush upon the vine) *
- Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges (Ursula, in a garden, found) (from Harmonium)
- Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges (Ursula, in a garden, found) (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner
- Depression before Spring (The cock crows) (from Harmonium)
- Depression before Spring (The cock crows) (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner
- Disillusionment of ten o'clock (The houses are haunted) - Gary Bachlund
- Earthly anecdote () - Justin Riveagh Connolly [x] *
- Evening, when the measure skips a beat * - Lee Hoiby (Evening)
- Evening (Evening, when the measure skips a beat) - Lee Hoiby *
- Final soliloquy of the interior paramour (Light the first light of evening) *
- Final soliloquy of the interior paramour (Light the first light of evening) - Augusta Read Thomas *
- Floral Decorations for Bananas (Well, nuncle, this plainly won't do) - Lee Hoiby *
- Gray room (Although you sit in a room that is gray) - Ellen Mandel *
- Gubbinal (That strange flower, the sun) (from Harmonium)
- Gubbinal (That strange flower, the sun) (from Harmonium) - Lee Hoiby, Robin Holloway, Vincent Persichetti
- He rode over Connecticut (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- Icicles filled the long window (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- I do not know which to prefer (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- I know noble accents (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- In Oklahoma (from Harmonium) (Life is motion)
- In Oklahoma (from Harmonium) - Justin Riveagh Connolly, John Linton Gardner (Life is motion)
- In that November off Tehuantepec * - Robin Holloway (Sea surface full of clouds [cantata])
- In that November off Tehuantepec * (Sea surface full of clouds)
- It's a strange courage * (Nuances of a theme by Williams)
- It's a strange courage * - Deborah Mason (Nuances of a theme by Williams)
- It was evening all afternoon (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Louise Juliette Talma
- I was of three minds (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- Just as my fingers on these keys (from Harmonium) (Peter Quince at the Clavier)
- Just as my fingers on these keys (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner (Peter Quince at the Clavier)
- Life is motion (In Oklahoma) (from Harmonium)
- Life is motion (In Oklahoma) (from Harmonium) - Justin Riveagh Connolly, John Linton Gardner
- Light the first light of evening * (Final soliloquy of the interior paramour)
- Light the first light of evening * - Augusta Read Thomas (Final soliloquy of the interior paramour)
- No soldiers in the scenery (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) (A clear day and no memories)
- No soldiers in the scenery (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem (A clear day and no memories)
- Not ideas about the thing but the thing itself (At the earliest ending of winter)
- Not ideas about the thing but the thing itself (At the earliest ending of winter) - Ned Rorem
- Now grapes are plush upon the vine * - Lee Hoiby (Before My Door)
- Now grapes are plush upon the vine * (Contrary Theses I)
- Nuances of a theme by Williams (It's a strange courage) *
- Nuances of a theme by Williams (It's a strange courage) - Deborah Mason *
- O Florida, Venereal Soil (A few things for themselves) *
- O Florida (A few things for themselves) - Lee Hoiby *
- Of mere being (The palm at the end of the mind) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind)
- Of mere being (The palm at the end of the mind) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem
- One must have a mind of winter (from Harmonium) - George Benjamin (A mind of winter)
- One must have a mind of winter (from Harmonium) (The snow man)
- One must have a mind of winter (from Harmonium) - Gary Bachlund, Justin Riveagh Connolly, Walter Hekster, Vincent Persichetti (The snow man)
- O thin men of Haddam (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- Peter Quince at the Clavier (Just as my fingers on these keys) (from Harmonium)
- Peter Quince at the Clavier (Just as my fingers on these keys) (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner
- Ploughing on Sunday (The white cock's tail) (from Harmonium)
- Ploughing on Sunday (The white cock's tail) (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner
- Pour the unhappiness out (from Harmonium) (Another weeping woman)
- Pour the unhappiness out (from Harmonium) - Robin Holloway (Another weeping woman)
- Sea surface full of clouds [cantata] (In that November off Tehuantepec) - Robin Holloway *
- Sea surface full of clouds (In that November off Tehuantepec) *
- She sang beyond the genius of the sea * (The idea of order at Key West)
- She sang beyond the genius of the sea * - Robert Erickson (The idea of order at Key West)
- Tattoo () - Justin Riveagh Connolly [x] *
- That strange flower, the sun (from Harmonium) (Gubbinal)
- That strange flower, the sun (from Harmonium) - Lee Hoiby, Robin Holloway, Vincent Persichetti (Gubbinal)
- The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- The cock crows (from Harmonium) (Depression before Spring)
- The cock crows (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner (Depression before Spring)
- The course of a particular (Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind) *
- The course of a particular (Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind) - Robin Holloway *
- The Dove in Spring (Brooder, brooder, deep beneath its walls)
- The Dove in Spring (Brooder, brooder, deep beneath its walls) - Ned Rorem
- The Emperor of Ice-Cream (Call the roller of big cigars) (from Harmonium)
- The Emperor of Ice-Cream (Call the roller of big cigars) (from Harmonium) - Gary Bachlund, Andrew Hudson, Roger Reynolds
- The houses are haunted - Gary Bachlund (Disillusionment of ten o'clock)
- The idea of order at Key West (She sang beyond the genius of the sea) *
- The idea of order at Key West (She sang beyond the genius of the sea) - Robert Erickson *
- The old brown hen and the old blue sky * - Lee Hoiby (Continual Conversation with a Silent Man)
- The palm at the end of the mind (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) (Of mere being)
- The palm at the end of the mind (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem (Of mere being)
- The place of the solitaires () - Justin Riveagh Connolly [x] *
- The Planet on the Table (Ariel was glad he had written his poems) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind)
- The Planet on the Table (Ariel was glad he had written his poems) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - Ned Rorem
- The poem that took the place of a mountain (There it was, word for word) *
- The poem that took the place of a mountain (There it was, word for word) - Augusta Read Thomas *
- There is a great river this side of Stygia (The River of Rivers in Connecticut)
- There is a great river this side of Stygia - Ned Rorem (The River of Rivers in Connecticut)
- There it was, word for word * (The poem that took the place of a mountain)
- There it was, word for word * - Augusta Read Thomas (The poem that took the place of a mountain)
- The river is moving (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
- The River of Rivers in Connecticut (There is a great river this side of Stygia)
- The River of Rivers in Connecticut (There is a great river this side of Stygia) - Ned Rorem
- The snow man (One must have a mind of winter) (from Harmonium)
- The snow man (One must have a mind of winter) (from Harmonium) - Gary Bachlund, Justin Riveagh Connolly, Walter Hekster, Vincent Persichetti
- The white cock's tail (from Harmonium) (Ploughing on Sunday)
- The white cock's tail (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner (Ploughing on Sunday)
- The wind shifts (This is how the wind shifts) (from Harmonium)
- The wind shifts (This is how the wind shifts) (from Harmonium) - Robin Holloway
- This is how the wind shifts (from Harmonium) (The wind shifts)
- This is how the wind shifts (from Harmonium) - Robin Holloway (The wind shifts)
- This vast inelegance () - Robin Holloway [x] *
- Today the air is clear of everything * (A clear day and no memories)
- Today the air is clear of everything * - Daron Aric Hagen (A clear day and no memories)
- Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind * (The course of a particular)
- Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind * - Robin Holloway (The course of a particular)
- To the roaring wind (What syllable are you seeking)
- Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps (from Harmonium) (Banal sojourn)
- Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps (from Harmonium) - Robin Holloway (Banal sojourn)
- Ursula, in a garden, found (from Harmonium) (Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges)
- Ursula, in a garden, found (from Harmonium) - John Linton Gardner (Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges)
- Vocalissimus (What syllable are you seeking) - Judith Cloud
- Well, nuncle, this plainly won't do * - Lee Hoiby (Floral Decorations for Bananas)
- What syllable are you seeking (To the roaring wind)
- What syllable are you seeking - Judith Cloud (Vocalissimus)
- When the blackbird flew out of sight (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - Lukas Foss, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Louise Juliette Talma
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