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

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Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968)

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A boy () (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - D. Mason [x]
A concertina-player () (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - D. Mason [x]
A drunkard () (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - D. Mason [x]
A farewell to a friend (With a blue line of mountains north of the wall) (from The Jade Mountain) SLN
After a rain at Mokanshan () (from Against the Cold) - R. Graham [x]
A hundred mountains and no bird (from The Jade Mountain) SWE SWE (River-Snow) -
An autumn night message to Qiu (As I walk in the cool of the autumn night) (from The Jade Mountain) GER
An autumn night message (As I walk in the cool of the autumn night) (from The Jade Mountain) - E. Rubbra GER
A night thought on Terrace Tower (Far through the night a harp is sighing) (from The Jade Mountain) - E. Rubbra GER
Any other time () (from New Poems) - N. Rorem [x]
A poem (On a road outreaching the white clouds) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
A prophet () (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - D. Mason [x]
A revolutionary (Father! I wanted to come back and make you know) (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - D. Mason [x]
A sigh from a staircase of jade (Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew) (from The Jade Mountain) GER SWE UKR FRE RUS
As I walk in the cool of the autumn night (from The Jade Mountain) GER - E. Rubbra (An autumn night message to Qiu)
A song of the palace (High above, from a jade chamber, songs float half-way to heaven) (from The Jade Mountain) - P. Mennin SWE
A song of the palace (Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
A song of the Southern River (Since I married the merchant of Ch'üt'ang) (from The Jade Mountain) - E. Rubbra GER
A spring morning (I awake light-hearted this morning of spring) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE SWE
A spring song (In gala robes she comes down from her chamber) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
A tent song (Till we watch the last low star)
Autumn bird () (from Take Away the Darkness) - R. Graham [x]
Away from home, I was longing for news (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (Crossing the Han River) -
A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith (Parting at a Wine-shop in Nanjing)
Border songs III (High in the faint moonlight, wildgeese are soaring) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
Bound home to Mount Song (The limpid river, past its bushes) (from The Jade Mountain) UKR RUS
Cherry blossoms () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
Clover () (from An Ode to Harvard and Other Poems) - W. Watts [x]
Coming down the stairs (Coming down the stairs) (from New Poems) - N. Rorem [x]
Coming down the stairs (from New Poems) [x] - N. Rorem
Covet not a gold-threaded robe (from The Jade Mountain) - P. Mennin (The gold-threaded robe)
Crossing the Han River (Away from home, I was longing for news) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
Dream () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
Dusk () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
El musico () - N. Rorem [x]
Endless yearning I (I am endlessly yearning) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
En hovdikt (Från det höga jadegemaket stiger sången halvvägs mot himlen) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
En suck fran en trappa av jade (Hennes jadevita trappa är full av dagg) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG GER UKR FRE RUS
En vårmorgon (Lätt om hjärtat vaknar jag en morgon om våren) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Etthundra berg och ingen fågel (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist priest bound homeward (You were foreordained to find the source) (from The Jade Mountain) - E. Rubbra GER
Far through the night a harp is sighing (from The Jade Mountain) GER - E. Rubbra (A night thought on Terrace Tower)
Father! I wanted to come back and make you know (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) [x] - D. Mason (A revolutionary)
Festklädd träder hon ut ur sin kammare (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Från det höga jadegemaket stiger sången halvvägs mot himlen (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Fullmånen över sjön/ gör hela himlen ljus (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) CZE ENG GER GER
Fullmånen över sjön (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) CZE ENG GER GER - S. Bäck, H. Rosenberg
Fullmånen (Fullmånen över sjön) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - S. Bäck, H. Rosenberg CZE ENG GER GER
Gränslös längtan (Jag längtar gränslöst) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Gränssånger (Högt i det bleka månljuset ropa vildgässen) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
He never knew what was the matter (from New Poems) [x] - N. Rorem
He never knew (He never knew what was the matter) (from New Poems) - N. Rorem [x]
Hennes jadevita trappa är full av dagg (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG GER UKR FRE RUS - H. Rosenberg
He not only plays (from Spectra) - N. Rorem (Opus 101)
Her hands of white jade by a window of snow (from The Jade Mountain) GER - E. Rubbra (On hearing her play the harp)
Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew (from The Jade Mountain) GER SWE UKR FRE RUS - J. Beckwith (A sigh from a staircase of jade)
High above, from a jade chamber, songs float half-way to heaven (from The Jade Mountain) SWE - P. Mennin (A song of the palace)
High in the faint moonlight, wildgeese are soaring (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (Border songs III) -
Högt i det bleka månljuset ropa vildgässen (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
I am endlessly yearning/ to be in Changan (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (Endless yearning I) -
I am endlessly yearning (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (Endless yearning I) -
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring (from The Jade Mountain) SWE SWE (A spring morning) -
I bambusnåret (Tillbakalutad i det täta bambusnåret) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - A. Haquinius, H. Rosenberg CZE ENG ENG GER GER
In a retreat among bamboos (Leaning alone in the close bamboos) (from The Jade Mountain) CZE GER GER SWE
In gala robes she comes down from her chamber (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (A spring song) -
I wonder why my inlaid harp has fifty strings (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith (The inlaid harp)
Jag längtar gränslöst (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Lament () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
Långt borta från hemmet längtade jag efter nyheter (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Lätt om hjärtat vaknar jag en morgon om våren (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Leaning alone in the close bamboos (from The Jade Mountain) CZE GER GER SWE (In a retreat among bamboos) -
Lightning () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
Looking at the moon and thinking of one far away (The moon, grown full now over the sea) (from The Jade Mountain) CZE GER SWE GER
Lyssnande till en nattlig flöjt från Shouhsiang-muren (Sanden under gränsberget ligger vit som snö) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Medan du tillreder en kyckling med ris (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Moving leaves () (from Indian Earth) - N. Rorem [x]
Note on a Rainy Night to a Friend in the North (You ask me when I am coming. I do not know) (from The Jade Mountain)
Now horses' hooves are treading earth again (from Against the Cold) - N. Rorem (The sowers)
Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers (from The Jade Mountain) SWE - K. Hesketh (A song of the palace)
On a rainy night (You ask me when I am coming. I do not know) (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith
On a road outreaching the white clouds (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (A poem) -
On hearing a flute at night from the Wall of Shouxiang (The sand below the border-mountain lies like snow) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
On hearing her play the harp (Her hands of white jade by a window of snow) (from The Jade Mountain) - E. Rubbra GER
Opus 101 (He not only plays) (from Spectra) - N. Rorem
O there were lights and laughter (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - J. Duke, R. Hageman (Voices)
På besök hos en vän i hans lantgård (Medan du tillreder en kyckling med ris) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
På en väg som når längre än de vita molnen (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Parting at a Wine-shop in Nanjing (A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop) (from The Jade Mountain)
Parting at a wine-shop (A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop) (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith
På väg över Hanfloden (Långt borta från hemmet längtade jag efter nyheter) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Poem (På en väg som når längre än de vita molnen) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Porten har sakta stängts till palatsets trädgård (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Preparing me chicken and rice, old friend (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (Stopping at a friend's farm-house) -
Resignation () - W. Blair [x]
River-Snow (A hundred mountains and no bird) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE SWE
Sanden under gränsberget ligger vit som snö (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) ENG - H. Rosenberg
Sång från palatset (Porten har sakta stängts till palatsets trädgård) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Santa Fe () - N. Rorem [x]
Since I married the merchant of Ch'üt'ang (from The Jade Mountain) GER - E. Rubbra (A song of the Southern River)
Singing () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
Snö på floden (Etthundra berg och ingen fågel) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Sonnet (Summer, O Summer, fill thy shadowy trees) (from Against the Cold) - N. Rorem
Stopping at a friend's farm-house (Preparing me chicken and rice, old friend) (from The Jade Mountain) SWE
Summer, O Summer, fill thy shadowy trees (from Against the Cold) - N. Rorem
The boatmen () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
The crown () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
The gold-threaded robe (Covet not a gold-threaded robe) (from The Jade Mountain)
The gold-thread robe (Covet not a gold-threaded robe) (from The Jade Mountain) - P. Mennin
The inlaid harp (I wonder why my inlaid harp has fifty strings) (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith
The limpid river, past its bushes (from The Jade Mountain) UKR RUS - J. Beckwith (Bound home to Mount Song)
The limpid river (The limpid river, past its bushes) (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith UKR RUS
The moon, grown full now over the sea (from The Jade Mountain) CZE GER SWE GER (Looking at the moon and thinking of one far away) -
The sand below the border-mountain lies like snow (from The Jade Mountain) SWE (On hearing a flute at night from the Wall of Shouxiang) -
The sowers (Now horses' hooves are treading earth again) (from Against the Cold) - N. Rorem
The staircase of jade (Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew) (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith GER SWE UKR FRE RUS
The two windows () (from Take Away the Darkness) - R. Graham [x]
The wall () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
The wave () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
The wintry mind (Winter uncovers distances, I find) (from Against the Cold) - N. Rorem
Three Commentaries: A Song at the Palace (Now that the palace-gate has softly closed on its flowers) (from The Jade Mountain) - K. Hesketh SWE
Tillbakalutad i det täta bambusnåret (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) CZE ENG ENG GER GER - A. Haquinius, H. Rosenberg (I bambusnåret)
Till we watch the last low star - R. Owen (A tent song)
Till we watch the last low star (Till we watch the last low star) - R. Owen
To a Phoebe-Bird () - C. Bricken [x]
Tree-toads () (from The Beloved Stranger) - V. Babin [x]
Vårsång (Festklädd träder hon ut ur sin kammare) (from Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 ) - H. Rosenberg ENG
Voices (O there were lights and laughter) (from A Canticle of Pan and Other Poems) - J. Duke, R. Hageman
Water-hyacinths () (from Indian Earth) - N. Rorem [x]
Winter uncovers distances, I find (from Against the Cold) - N. Rorem (The wintry mind)
With a blue line of mountains north of the wall (from The Jade Mountain) SLN (A farewell to a friend) -
Yes I hear them (Yes I hear them) (from New Poems) - N. Rorem [x]
Yes I hear them (from New Poems) [x] - N. Rorem
You ask me when I am coming. I do not know (from The Jade Mountain) - J. Beckwith (Note on a Rainy Night to a Friend in the North)
You were foreordained to find the source (from The Jade Mountain) GER - E. Rubbra (Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist priest bound homeward)

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