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Texts by V. Woolf set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)

Text Collections:

  • The Waves

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.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

  • A Haunted House (Whatever hour you woke there was a door shutting) - M. Wantenaar
  • Anxiety (October, 1920) (Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss) - D. Argento
  • At that instant a maid came in carrying a great dish. "Put it down - G. Bush
  • Cuisine Provençale (At that instant a maid came in carrying a great dish. "Put it down) - G. Bush
  • Fancy (February, 1927) (Why not invent a new kind of play; as for instance) - D. Argento
  • Hardy's Funeral (January, 1928) (Yesterday we went to Hardy's funeral. What did I think of? Of Max) - D. Argento
  • How beautiful they were, those old people - I mean father and - D. Argento
  • Last Entry (March, 1941) (No: I intend no introspection. I mark Henry James' sentence) - D. Argento
  • No: I intend no introspection. I mark Henry James' sentence - D. Argento
  • Parents (December, 1940) (How beautiful they were, those old people - I mean father and) - D. Argento
  • Rapture () (from The Waves) - D. Hagen [x]
  • Rome (May, 1935) (Rome: tea. Tea in café. Ladies in bright coats and white hats) - D. Argento
  • Rome: tea. Tea in café. Ladies in bright coats and white hats - D. Argento
  • The Diary (April, 1919) (What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something . . . so) - D. Argento
  • This, I thought yesterday, may be my last walk . . . the war - D. Argento
  • War (June, 1940) (This, I thought yesterday, may be my last walk . . . the war) - D. Argento
  • Whatever hour you woke there was a door shutting - M. Wantenaar (A Haunted House)
  • What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something . . . so - D. Argento
  • Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss - D. Argento
  • Why not invent a new kind of play; as for instance: Woman thinks. He does. Organ plays
  • Why not invent a new kind of play; as for instance - D. Argento
  • Yesterday we went to Hardy's funeral. What did I think of? Of Max - D. Argento

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