Texts by H. Melville set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- A Portrait of the Marchioness of Brinvilliers (He toned the sprightly beam of morning) - D. Diamond
- A reverie (One noonday, at my window in the town) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Art () - T. Pasatieri [x]
- Aurora Borealis (What power disbands the Northern Lights) - J. Eidson
- Ball's Bluff (One noonday, at my window in the town) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - J. Eidson, L. Liebermann
- Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - D. Diamond (On the Grave of a Young Cavalry Officer Killed in the Valley of Virginia)
- Billy in the Darbies (Good of the chaplain to enter Lone Bay) (from Billy-Budd) - E. Bacon, D. Diamond, R. Evett, W. Flanagan
- Dies, all dies! - J. Beeson
- Donelson (The damaged gun boats can't wage fight) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Donelson) - J. Eidson
- Epitaph (Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - D. Diamond
- Good of the chaplain to enter Lone Bay (from Billy-Budd) - E. Bacon, D. Diamond, R. Evett, W. Flanagan (Billy in the Darbies)
- Hanging from the beam - L. Liebermann
- He toned the sprightly beam of morning - D. Diamond (The Marchioness Of Brinvilliers)
- In the prison pen (Listless he eyes the palisades) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Listless he eyes the palisades (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips (In the prison pen)
- Look-out Mountain (Who inhabiteth the Mountain) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- Magnanimity baffled (Sharp words we had before the fight) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- Misgivings (When ocean-clouds over inland hills) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - L. Liebermann, P. Phillips
- Monody (To have known him, to have loved him) - D. Diamond, W. Flanagan
- Nobler worlds (When Israel camped by Migdol hoar) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- One noonday, at my window in the town (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - J. Eidson, L. Liebermann, P. Phillips (Ball's Bluff)
- On the Grave of a Young Cavalry Officer Killed in the Valley of Virginia (Beauty and youth, with manners sweet, and friends) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- Sharp words we had before the fight (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips (Magnanimity baffled)
- Shiloh: A Requiem (Skimming lightly, wheeling still) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War)
- Shiloh (Skimming lightly, wheeling still) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - J. Eidson, R. Evett, L. Liebermann, M. Rickelton, H. Weisgall
- Skimming lightly, wheeling still (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - J. Eidson, R. Evett, L. Liebermann, M. Rickelton, H. Weisgall (Shiloh: A Requiem)
- The damaged gun boats can't wage fight (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War - Donelson) - J. Eidson
- The Fall of Richmond (What mean these peals from every tower) - J. Eidson
- The grass shall never forget this grave - J. Eidson (The Mound by the Lake)
- The Marchioness Of Brinvilliers (He toned the sprightly beam of morning)
- The Mound by the Lake (The grass shall never forget this grave) - J. Eidson
- The night flight (Who inhabiteth the Mountain) (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips
- The Portent (Hanging from the beam) - L. Liebermann
- To have known him, to have loved him - D. Diamond, W. Flanagan (Monody)
- What mean these peals from every tower - J. Eidson (The Fall of Richmond)
- What power disbands the Northern Lights - J. Eidson (Aurora Borealis)
- When Israel camped by Migdol hoar (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips (Nobler worlds)
- When ocean-clouds over inland hills (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - L. Liebermann, P. Phillips (Misgivings)
- Who inhabiteth the Mountain (from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War) - P. Phillips (Look-out Mountain)
- Who sighs that all dies? (Dies, all dies!) - J. Beeson
- Yet there is hope . Time and tide flow wide . () (from Moby Dick) - M. Epstein [x]
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