Texts by L. Untermeyer set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977)

(Also see this author's vocal compositions.)

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

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And thus, as I wasted so many a day (from Poems of Heinrich Heine) FRE FRE RUS
A prayer for this house (May nothing evil cross this door) (from This Singing World) - Gordon Ellsworth Young
A winter lyric (The winter winds were swift and stinging) (from These Times)
A winter lyric (The winter winds were swift and stinging) (from These Times) - Walter Henry Rothwell
Back she came through the trembling dusk (from Challenge) (Folk-Song)
Back she came through the trembling dusk (from Challenge) - Walter Henry Rothwell (Folk-Song)
Back she came through the trembling dusk (from Challenge) - Arthur Walter Kramer (The faltering dusk)
Caliban in the Coal Mines (God, we don't like to complain) (from Challenge)
Caliban in the Coal Mines (God, we don't like to complain) (from Challenge) - Lewis Raymond
Come back. Let me give up this climb, these searches - Timothy Hoekman (Mend the World)
Eleven o'clock, and the curtain falls (End of the Comedy)
Eleven o'clock, and the curtain falls - Gary Bachlund (End of the Comedy)
End of the Comedy (Eleven o'clock, and the curtain falls)
End of the Comedy (Eleven o'clock, and the curtain falls) - Gary Bachlund
Folk-Song (Back she came through the trembling dusk) (from Challenge)
Folk-Song (Back she came through the trembling dusk) (from Challenge) - Walter Henry Rothwell
From "The Swimmers" (Then the swift plunge into the cool green dark) - Charles Edward Ives
God, though this life is but a wraith (from Challenge) (Prayer)
God, though this life is but a wraith (from Challenge) - Maurice Baron (Prayer)
God, we don't like to complain (from Challenge) (Caliban in the Coal Mines)
God, we don't like to complain (from Challenge) - Lewis Raymond (Caliban in the Coal Mines)
Good fortune is a giddy maid (Good fortune is a giddy maid) - Clarence Olmstead [x] *
Good fortune is a giddy maid [x] * - Clarence Olmstead (Good fortune is a giddy maid)
If I could go with you up there (If I could go with you)
If I could go with you (If I could go with you up there)
Like some young flower, cool and white (With a Volume of Heine)
Like some young flower, cool and white - Gary Bachlund (With a Volume of Heine)
Matinée (The poet stood reciting)
Matinée (The poet stood reciting) - Gary Bachlund
May nothing evil cross this door (from This Singing World) - Gordon Ellsworth Young (A prayer for this house)
May nothing evil cross this door (from This Singing World) (Prayer for this house)
May nothing evil cross this door (from This Singing World) - George Frederick McKay, Vincent Persichetti, Robert Newton Quaile (Prayer for this house)
Mend the World (Come back. Let me give up this climb, these searches) - Timothy Hoekman
Only of thee and me the night wind sings (from First Love) ITA (Only of thee and me)
Only of thee and me the night wind sings (from First Love) ITA - Marion Eugénie Bauer, Grace Becker, Theron Wolcott Hart, James Houston Spencer, Genevieve Wiley (Only of thee and me)
Only of thee and me (Only of thee and me the night wind sings) (from First Love) ITA
Only of thee and me (Only of thee and me the night wind sings) (from First Love) - Marion Eugénie Bauer, Grace Becker, Theron Wolcott Hart, James Houston Spencer, Genevieve Wiley ITA
Out of my tears and sorrows (Out of my tears and sorrows) (from Poems of Heinrich Heine) CAT DUT DUT DUT FIN FRE FRE FRE GRE HEB IRI ITA POL RUS RUS SPA SPA FRE FRE FRE ROM UKR
Out of my tears and sorrows (from Poems of Heinrich Heine) CAT DUT DUT DUT FIN FRE FRE FRE GRE HEB IRI ITA POL RUS RUS SPA SPA FRE FRE FRE ROM UKR (Out of my tears and sorrows)
Prayer for this house (May nothing evil cross this door) (from This Singing World)
Prayer for this house (May nothing evil cross this door) (from This Singing World) - George Frederick McKay, Vincent Persichetti, Robert Newton Quaile
Prayer (God, though this life is but a wraith) (from Challenge)
Prayer (God, though this life is but a wraith) (from Challenge) - Maurice Baron
Storm (The storm rages now) - David Kidwell FRE FRE
The faltering dusk (Back she came through the trembling dusk) (from Challenge) - Arthur Walter Kramer
The linnet is tuning her flute (The linnet is tuning her flute) (from First Love) - Marion Eugénie Bauer
The linnet is tuning her flute (from First Love) - Marion Eugénie Bauer (The linnet is tuning her flute)
Then the swift plunge into the cool green dark - Charles Edward Ives (From "The Swimmers")
The passionate sword () - Samuel Hans Adler [x] *
The poet stood reciting (Matinée)
The poet stood reciting - Gary Bachlund (Matinée)
There once was a knight full of sorrow and doubt (from Poems of Heinrich Heine) FRE FRE FRE (There once was a knight)
There once was a knight (There once was a knight full of sorrow and doubt) (from Poems of Heinrich Heine) FRE FRE FRE
The storm rages now and whips the waves FRE FRE
The storm rages now FRE FRE - David Kidwell (Storm)
The winter winds were swift and stinging (from These Times) (A winter lyric)
The winter winds were swift and stinging (from These Times) - Walter Henry Rothwell (A winter lyric)
They have told you many stories (from Poems of Heinrich Heine) FRE FRE
With a Volume of Heine (Like some young flower, cool and white)
With a Volume of Heine (Like some young flower, cool and white) - Gary Bachlund

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