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

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Wendell Berry (b. 1934)

Text Collections:

• A Timbered Choir
• Given

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

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• 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
• 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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Last update: 2023-01-13 18:44:22