Texts by W. Stevens set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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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) - N. Rorem *
A clear day and no memories (No soldiers in the scenery) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem
A clear day and no memories (Today the air is clear of everything) - D. Hagen *
A few things for themselves - L. Hoiby (O Florida, Venereal Soil) *
Although you sit in a room that is gray (Although you sit in a room that is gray) - S. Lewis *
Although you sit in a room that is gray - S. Lewis, E. Mandel *
A man and a woman (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
A mind of winter (One must have a mind of winter) (from Harmonium) - G. Benjamin
Among the old men that you know (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem (A child asleep in its own life) *
Among twenty snowy mountains (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks () - J. Connolly [x] *
An old man sits (from Six significant landscapes)
Another weeping woman (Pour the unhappiness out) (from Harmonium) - R. Holloway
Ariel was glad he had written his poems (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem (The Planet on the Table)
At the earliest ending of winter - N. 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 - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
Banal sojourn (Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps) (from Harmonium) - R. Holloway
Beauty is momentary in the mind (Just as my fingers on these keys) (from Harmonium) - J. Goble
Before My Door (Now grapes are plush upon the vine) - L. Hoiby *
Brooder, brooder, deep beneath its walls - N. Rorem (The Dove in Spring)
Call the roller of big cigars (from Harmonium) - G. Bachlund, A. Hudson, R. Reynolds (The Emperor of Ice-Cream)
Continual Conversation with a Silent Man (The old brown hen and the old blue sky) - L. 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) - J. Gardner
Depression before Spring (The cock crows) (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner
Disillusionment of ten o'clock (The houses are haunted) - G. Bachlund
Earthly anecdote () - J. Connolly [x] *
Evening, when the measure skips a beat - L. Hoiby *
Evening (Evening, when the measure skips a beat) - L. Hoiby *
Final soliloquy of the interior paramour (Light the first light of evening) - A. Thomas *
Floral Decorations for Bananas (Well, nuncle, this plainly won't do) - L. Hoiby *
Gray room (Although you sit in a room that is gray) - E. Mandel *
Gubbinal (That strange flower, the sun) (from Harmonium) - L. Hoiby, R. Holloway, V. Persichetti
He rode over Connecticut (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
Icicles filled the long window (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
I do not know which to prefer (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
I know noble accents (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
I measure myself (I measure myself) (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook
I measure myself (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook
In Oklahoma (from Harmonium) - J. Connolly, J. Gardner (Life is motion)
In that November off Tehuantepec - R. Holloway (Sea surface full of clouds) *
In the green water, clear and warm (from Harmonium) - J. Goble (Peter Quince at the Clavier)
In the green water (In the green water, clear and warm) (from Harmonium) - J. Goble
It's a strange courage - D. Mason (Nuances of a theme by Williams) *
It was evening all afternoon (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, L. Talma
I was of three minds (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
Just as my fingers on these keys (Just as my fingers on these keys) (from Harmonium) - J. Goble
Just as my fingers on these keys (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner, J. Goble (Peter Quince at the Clavier)
Life is motion (In Oklahoma) (from Harmonium) - J. Connolly, J. Gardner
Light the first light of evening - A. Thomas (Final soliloquy of the interior paramour) *
Mozart, 1935 (Poet, be seated at the piano) - S. Wheeler
No soldiers in the scenery (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem (A clear day and no memories)
Not all the knives of the lamp-posts (Not all the knives of the lamp-posts) (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook
Not all the knives of the lamp-posts (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook
Not ideas about the thing but the thing itself (At the earliest ending of winter) - N. Rorem
Now grapes are plush upon the vine - L. Hoiby (Contrary Theses I) *
Nuances of a theme by Williams (It's a strange courage) - D. Mason *
O Florida, Venereal Soil (A few things for themselves) *
O Florida (A few things for themselves) - L. Hoiby *
Of mere being (The palm at the end of the mind) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem
One must have a mind of winter (from Harmonium) - G. Bachlund, G. Benjamin, J. Connolly, W. Hekster, V. Persichetti (The snow man)
O thin men of Haddam (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
Peter Quince at the Clavier (Just as my fingers on these keys) (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner
Ploughing on Sunday (The white cock's tail) (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner
Poet, be seated at the piano - S. Wheeler (Mozart, 1935)
Portrait of Mme St. Ursula () - L. Grier [x]
Pour the unhappiness out (from Harmonium) - R. Holloway (Another weeping woman)
Rationalists, wearing square hats (from Six significant landscapes)
Sea surface full of clouds [cantata] (In that November off Tehuantepec) - R. Holloway *
Sea surface full of clouds (In that November off Tehuantepec) *
She sang beyond the genius of the sea - R. Erickson (The idea of order at Key West) *
Soon, with a noise like tambourines (from Harmonium) - J. Goble (Peter Quince at the Clavier)
Soon with a noise like tambourines (Soon, with a noise like tambourines) (from Harmonium) - J. Goble
Tattoo () - J. Connolly [x] *
That strange flower, the sun (from Harmonium) - L. Hoiby, R. Holloway, V. Persichetti (Gubbinal)
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
The cock crows (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner (Depression before Spring)
The course of a particular (Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind) - R. Holloway *
The Dove in Spring (Brooder, brooder, deep beneath its walls) - N. Rorem
The Emperor of Ice-Cream (Call the roller of big cigars) (from Harmonium) - G. Bachlund, A. Hudson, R. Reynolds
The houses are haunted - G. Bachlund
The idea of order at Key West (She sang beyond the genius of the sea) - R. Erickson *
The night is of the color (The night is of the color) (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook
The night is of the color (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook
The old brown hen and the old blue sky - L. Hoiby *
The palm at the end of the mind (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem (Of mere being)
The place of the solitaires () - J. Connolly [x] *
The Planet on the Table (Ariel was glad he had written his poems) (from The Palm at the End of the Mind) - N. Rorem
The poem that took the place of a mountain (There it was, word for word) - A. Thomas *
There is a great river this side of Stygia - N. Rorem (The River of Rivers in Connecticut)
There it was, word for word - A. Thomas (The poem that took the place of a mountain) *
The river is moving (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma
The River of Rivers in Connecticut (There is a great river this side of Stygia) - N. Rorem
The snow man (One must have a mind of winter) (from Harmonium) - G. Bachlund, J. Connolly, W. Hekster, V. Persichetti
The white cock's tail (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner (Ploughing on Sunday)
The wind shifts (This is how the wind shifts) (from Harmonium) - R. Holloway
This is how the wind shifts (from Harmonium) - R. Holloway (The wind shifts)
This vast inelegance () - R. Holloway [x] *
Today the air is clear of everything - D. Hagen (A clear day and no memories) *
Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind - R. 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) - R. Holloway (Banal sojourn)
Ursula, in a garden, found (from Harmonium) - J. Gardner (Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges)
Vocalissimus (What syllable are you seeking) - J. Cloud
Well, nuncle, this plainly won't do - L. Hoiby *
What syllable are you seeking - J. Cloud (To the roaring wind)
When my dream was near the moon (When my dream was near the moon) (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook, L. Flenady, P. Novak, K. Tang
When my dream was near the moon (from Six significant landscapes) - C. Brook, L. Flenady, P. Novak, K. Tang
When the blackbird flew out of sight (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird) FRE GER - L. Foss, P. Glanville-Hicks, L. Talma

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