Texts by C. Towne set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- After drought (There came an army from the sky) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Ah! when the dark on many a heart descends (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Allah be with us (Ah! when the dark on many a heart descends) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- A love garden () - H. Clough-Leighter [x]
- At nightfall (I need so much the quiet of your love) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - J. Metcalf, A. Woodforde-Finden
- Belovèd, in your absence I have told (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Beloved, in your absence (Belovèd, in your absence I have told) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Beside the lonely Nile (Beside the lonely Nile) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Beside the lonely Nile - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Clouds (They gather in the morning and at noon) - A. Kramer
- Far across the desert sands (Far across the desert sands) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Far across the desert sands (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Grief's Prelude (I can forgive you in this hour we part) - A. MacFadyen
- How many a lonely caravan sets out (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- How many a lonely caravan (How many a lonely caravan sets out) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- I can forgive you in this hour we part - A. MacFadyen
- I did not know the nightingale could fling (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- I did not know (I did not know the nightingale could fling) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- I drink the fragrance of the rose (I drink the fragrance of the rose) - H. Clough-Leighter
- I drink the fragrance of the rose - H. Clough-Leighter
- I envy every circlet on your arm - A. Woodforde-Finden
- I envy every circlet (I envy every circlet on your arm) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- If in the great bazaars (If in the great bazaars) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- If in the great bazaars (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- If one should ask of me, when all afire (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- If One Should Ask (If one should ask of me, when all afire) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- I have known loveliness that broke my heart - A. Kramer
- I have known loveliness (I have known loveliness that broke my heart) - A. Kramer
- I need so much the quiet of your love (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - J. Metcalf, A. Woodforde-Finden (At nightfall)
- In the deep hush of a star-jeweled night (In the deep hush of a star-jeweled night) - A. Kramer
- In the deep hush of a star-jeweled night - A. Kramer
- I sometimes wonder where you stole - A. Woodforde-Finden (I sometimes wonder)
- I sometimes wonder (I sometimes wonder where you stole) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- I thought my heart would break - C. Deis, A. Shaw
- I wakened when the moon, with silver feet - A. Woodforde-Finden
- I wakened when the moon (I wakened when the moon, with silver feet) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- L'envoi (O in that hour when both of us are dead) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Little dove (Little wonder) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Little wonder - A. Woodforde-Finden (Little Dove)
- Love was with me yesterday (Love was with me yesterday) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - W. Golde
- Love was with me yesterday (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - W. Golde (Remembrance)
- Night (Wherefore should darkness terrify my soul?) - E. McArthur
- O form to which the palms have lent their grace (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- O in that hour when both of us are dead (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- O little Yo San - A. Woodforde-Finden (Yo San)
- O Queen of Beauty, who hast conquered kings (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- O Queen of Beauty (O Queen of Beauty, who hast conquered kings) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- O tomb! within thy shadows can it be (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- O Tomb! (O tomb! within thy shadows can it be) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- Pomegranate is your mouth (Pomegranate is your mouth) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Pomegranate is your mouth - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Remembrance (Love was with me yesterday) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems)
- Serenade (O form to which the palms have lent their grace) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- So much I love, that I (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- So Much I Love (So much I love, that I) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- The myrtles of Damascus, when they smile (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild, A. Woodforde-Finden
- The myrtles of Damascus (The myrtles of Damascus, when they smile) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild, A. Woodforde-Finden
- The praises of her beauty I shall sing (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- The Praises of Her Beauty (The praises of her beauty I shall sing) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- There are maidens in Japan (There are maidens that I know) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- There are maidens that I know - A. Woodforde-Finden (There are maidens in Japan)
- There came an army from the sky (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - A. Woodforde-Finden (After drought)
- They gather in the morning and at noon - A. Kramer
- Through the old city’s silence (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- To kiss her! 'Tis with musk-perfume to grow (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- To Kiss Her! (To kiss her! 'Tis with musk-perfume to grow) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- Waiting (I thought my heart would break) - C. Deis, A. Shaw
- What morn shall find thee, O departed one (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- What Morn Shall I Find Thee? (What morn shall find thee, O departed one) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
- When almond blossoms fall (When almond-blossoms fall) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Wherefore should darkness terrify my soul? - E. McArthur
- Where the Abana flows (Through the old city’s silence) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Within the sphinx's solemn shade (Within the Sphinx’s solemn shade) - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Within the Sphinx’s solemn shade - A. Woodforde-Finden
- Yet the days pass like frightened ghosts. We too - A. Kramer
- Yet the days pass (Yet the days pass like frightened ghosts. We too) - A. Kramer
- Yo San (O little Yo San) - A. Woodforde-Finden
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