Texts by W. Berry set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- 1987, II (I come to a little bench, a mere shelf) (from A Timbered Choir) - S. Ebel [x] *
- 1988, IV (The world of machines is running) (from A Timbered Choir) - S. Ebel [x] *
- 1990, V (Sleep is the prayer the body prays,) (from A Timbered Choir) - S. Ebel [x] *
- 1993, IV (Hate has no world) (from A Timbered Choir) - S. Ebel [x] *
- 1999, II (Finally will it not be enough) (from A Timbered Choir) - S. Ebel [x] *
- A mind that has confronted ruin (2001 V) (A mind that has confronted ruin for years) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- A mind that has confronted ruin for years (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- A song of thanks () - S. Gendel [x] *
- At last (We come at last to the dark) - S. Gendel *
- But do the Lords of War (2003 X) (But do the Lords of War in fact) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- But do the Lords of War in fact (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- Come to the window, look out, and see (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- Dark with Power (Dark with power) - J. Love *
- Dark with power * - J. Love
- Falling asleep (Raindrops on the tin roof) - D. Zannoni *
- Finally will it not be enough (from A Timbered Choir) [x] * - S. Ebel
- Hate has no world (Hate has no world) (from A Timbered Choir) - S. Gendel [x] *
- Hate has no world (from A Timbered Choir) [x] * - S. Ebel, S. Gendel
- I come to a little bench, a mere shelf (from A Timbered Choir) [x] * - S. Ebel
- I dream (1999 II ) (I dream of a quiet man) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- I dream of a quiet man (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- I go among trees and sit still * - R. Paterson (I Go Among Trees)
- I Go Among Trees (I go among trees and sit still) - R. Paterson *
- In this world () - S. Gendel [x] *
- It takes all time (2004 VIII) (It takes all time to show eternity) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- It takes all time to show eternity (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- Look out (2003 III) (Come to the window, look out, and see) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- Poem (Willing to die) - D. Zannoni *
- Raindrops on the tin roof * - D. Zannoni (Falling asleep)
- Sleep is the prayer the body prays, (from A Timbered Choir) [x] * - S. Ebel
- The peace of wild things (When despair for the world grows in me) - S. Gendel, S. Grill, J. Love, D. Zannoni *
- The world of machines is running (from A Timbered Choir) [x] * - S. Ebel
- The yellow-throated warbler (2003 VI, for Jonathan Williams) (The yellow-throated warbler, the highest remotest voice) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- The yellow-throated warbler, the highest remotest voice (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- This is the time you’d like to stay (1998 II) (This is the time you’d like to stay) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- This is the time you’d like to stay (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- This, then, is to be the way (2003 VII) (This, then, is to be the way? Freedom's candle will be) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- This, then, is to be the way? Freedom's candle will be (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- To go in the dark with a light is to know the light * - D. Zannoni (To know the dark)
- To know the dark (To go in the dark with a light is to know the light) - D. Zannoni *
- We come at last to the dark * - S. Gendel
- We will not leave () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Whatever happens (1998 I) (Whatever happens) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- Whatever happens () - S. Gendel [x] *
- Whatever happens (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- What I fear most (1998 IX) (What I fear most is despair) (from Given - Sabbaths) - S. Ebel [x] *
- What I fear most is despair (from Given - Sabbaths) [x] * - S. Ebel
- When despair for the world grows in me * - S. Gendel, S. Grill, J. Love, D. Zannoni (The peace of wild things)
- Willing to die * - D. Zannoni (Poem)
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