Texts by C. Forché set in Art Songs and Choral Works

§ Author §

Carolyn Forché (b. 1950)

Website: https://carolynforche.net

(Also see this author's vocal compositions.)

Text Collections:

The Blue Hour

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

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The symbol [x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database.
The symbol ⊗ indicates a translation that is missing an original text.

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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.

1st Refrain () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
2nd Refrain () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
3rd Refrain () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
A black map () (from The Blue Hour) - A. Negrón [x]
A Memory () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]
Angelica-Balefire () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
A syllable () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
Canticle () (from The Blue Hour) - A. Negrón [x]
Dark () (from The Blue Hour) - A. Negrón [x]
Early summer's green plums () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
Even if by forgetting () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Forché [x]
Firmament () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
Ghost swift () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
Her hair () (from The Blue Hour) - A. Negrón [x]
He told her how () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
I am alone () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
It appears to be an elegy () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
J'ai rêvé () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
Keeping a record () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Forché [x]
Library lilac () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
My dear () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
Nevertheless () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
Oil soap () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]
Older than clocks () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
On Earth () (from The Blue Hour) [x]
Opening () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]
Poppy seed () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]
Prologue () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
She heard no one's footsteps () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
Tendril () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]
The ganglia () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
The hole () (from The Blue Hour) - A. Negrón [x]
The name () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]
The silence () (from The Blue Hour) - A. Negrón [x]
Twirling () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
Vesture, vigil () (from The Blue Hour) - C. Shaw [x]
We are as paper () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
Yet the women () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Snider [x]
You are the ghost () (from The Blue Hour) - S. Nova [x]
Zero () (from The Blue Hour) - R. Grimes [x]

Last update: 2026-04-26 00:13:23