Texts by E. Wylie set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets
- Black Armour: A Book of Poems
- Collected Poems
- Nets to Catch the Wind
- Trivial Breath
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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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.
- A strange story (When I died in Berners Street) (from Trivial Breath)
- Avoid the reeking herd - G. Bachlund
- A white well (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - G. Bachlund
- Beauty (Say not of Beauty she is good) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - G. Bachlund, R. Woollen GER
- Bells in the rain (Sleep falls, with limpid drops of rain) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - J. Duke, J. Pinnock, R. Woollen
- Better to see your cheek grown hollow (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - P. Fetler, R. Woollen (Madman's song)
- Dass Schönheit gut ist, sage nicht - G. Bachlund (Schönheit)
- Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones - J. Duke (Puritan sonnet)
- Elegy () - P. Nordoff [x]
- Fair Annet's song (One thing comes) (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe
- Fair Annette's song (One thing comes) (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) - P. Nordoff
- Golden bough (These lovely groves of fountain-trees that shake) (from Collected Poems) - R. Robbins
- Incantation (A white well) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - G. Bachlund
- I shall lie hidden in a hut GER (Prophecy) -
- Let no charitable hope (Now let no charitable hope) (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems)
- Let us walk in the white snow (Let us walk in the white snow) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - M. Howe GER
- Let us walk in the white snow (from Nets to Catch the Wind) GER - E. Copley, J. Duke, L. Evans, R. Hageman, M. Howe, R. Robbins, H. Smith, R. Sowash, R. Thompson, R. Woollen (Velvet shoes)
- Little elegy (Withouten you) (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe, N. Rorem, A. Strilko GER
- Liza, go steep your long white hands (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - M. Howe, R. Woollen (Spring pastoral)
- Madman's song (Better to see your cheek grown hollow) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - P. Fetler, R. Woollen
- Musa of the sea-blue eyes (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - N. Rorem (On a singing girl)
- My body is weary to death of my mischievous brain (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) GER - R. Woollen (Nebuchadnezzar)
- My locks are shorn for sorrow - A. Strilko (Ophelia)
- My love came up from Barnegat - J. Duke (The puritan's ballad)
- Nebuchadnezzar (My body is weary to death of my mischievous brain) (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - R. Woollen GER
- Now let no charitable hope (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - N. Rorem (Let no charitable hope)
- Now let no charitable hope (Now let no charitable hope) (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - N. Rorem
- Now shall the long homesickness have an end (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) GER - M. Levy (One person)
- O clear and musical (from Collected Poems) - J. Duke, E. Hier (The bird)
- On a singing girl (Musa of the sea-blue eyes) (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - N. Rorem
- One person (Now shall the long homesickness have an end) (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) - M. Levy GER
- One thing comes and another thing goes (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) (Fair Annet's song) - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe, P. Nordoff
- One thing comes (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe, P. Nordoff (Fair Annet's song)
- Ophelia (My locks are shorn for sorrow) - A. Strilko
- Peregrine () (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - R. Woollen [x]
- Poets make pets of pretty, docile words (from Collected Poems) - R. Woollen (Pretty words)
- Pretty words (Poets make pets of pretty, docile words) (from Collected Poems) - R. Woollen
- Prophecy (I shall lie hidden in a hut) GER
- Puritan sonnet (Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones) - J. Duke
- Say not of Beauty she is good (from Nets to Catch the Wind) GER - G. Bachlund, R. Woollen (Beauty)
- Schönheit (Dass Schönheit gut ist, sage nicht) - G. Bachlund
- Shepherd's holiday (Too honest for a gypsy, too lazy for a farmer) (from Collected Poems) - A. Benjamin
- Silver filigree (The icicles wreathing) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - G. Bachlund
- Sleep falls, with limpid drops of rain (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - J. Duke, J. Pinnock, R. Woollen (Bells in the rain)
- Song () - R. Woollen [x]
- Spring pastoral (Liza, go steep your long white hands) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - M. Howe, R. Woollen
- The bird in the rain (O clear and musical) (from Collected Poems) - E. Hier
- The bird (O clear and musical) (from Collected Poems) - J. Duke
- The eagle and the mole (Avoid the reeking herd) - G. Bachlund
- The Hielan' lassies are a' for spinnin' (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - M. Howe (The prinkin' leddie)
- The icicles wreathing (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - G. Bachlund
- The prinkin' leddie (The Hielan' lassies are a' for spinnin') (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - M. Howe
- The puritan's ballad (My love came up from Barnegat) - J. Duke
- These lovely groves of fountain-trees that shake (from Collected Poems) - R. Robbins (Golden bough)
- Three wishes () (from Black Armour: A Book of Poems) - R. Woollen [x]
- To a cough in the street at midnight () (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) - R. Woollen [x]
- Too honest for a gypsy, too lazy for a farmer (from Collected Poems) - A. Benjamin (Shepherd's holiday)
- Velvet shoes (Let us walk in the white snow) (from Nets to Catch the Wind) - E. Copley, J. Duke, L. Evans, R. Hageman, R. Robbins, H. Smith, R. Sowash, R. Thompson, R. Woollen GER
- Viennese waltz (We are so tired, and perhaps tomorrow) (from Collected Poems) - J. Duke, M. Howe
- We are so tired, and perhaps tomorrow (from Collected Poems) - J. Duke, M. Howe (Viennese waltz)
- When I died in Berners Street (from Trivial Breath) - M. Howe (A strange story)
- When I died in Berner's Street (When I died in Berners Street) (from Trivial Breath) - M. Howe
- Withouten you/ No rose can grow (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) GER (Little elegy) - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe, N. Rorem, A. Strilko
- Withouten you (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) GER - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe, N. Rorem, A. Strilko (Little elegy)
- Without you/ No rose can grow (from Angels and Earthly Creatures: A Sequence of Sonnets) GER (Little elegy) - A. Bliss, J. Duke, M. Howe, N. Rorem, A. Strilko
Last update: 2023-03-30 19:54:32