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

 § Author § 

Countee Cullen (1903 - 1946)

Text Collections:

  • Copper Sun

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 brown girl dead (With two white roses on her breasts) GER
  • All through an empty place I go - G. Bachlund (The loss of love)
  • Dead men are wisest, for they know - G. Bachlund
  • Dear friends and gentle hearts (We open infant eyes) - J. Duke *
  • Epitaph for a poet (I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth) - C. Cohen, P. Schickele
  • Erlebnis (Ich fuhr einmal durch Baltimore) - K. Pahlen
  • For a poet (I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth) - G. Bachlund, R. Owens
  • From the Dark Tower (We shall not always plant while others reap) - D. Moore, R. Owens
  • Ich fuhr einmal durch Baltimore - K. Pahlen (Erlebnis)
  • I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind - T. Cipullo, R. Owens (Yet do I marvel)
  • If you should go (Love, leave me like the light) - J. Duke, W. Still
  • I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth - G. Bachlund, C. Cohen, D. Moore, R. Owens, P. Schickele (For a poet)
  • Incident (Once riding in old Baltimore) - G. Bachlund, T. Cipullo, K. Pahlen GER
  • Lament (Now let all lovely things embark) (from Copper Sun) - G. Walker, E. Whithorne
  • Love, leave me like the light - J. Duke, W. Still (If you should go)
  • Now let all lovely things embark (from Copper Sun) - G. Walker, E. Whithorne (Lament)
  • Once riding in old Baltimore GER - G. Bachlund, T. Cipullo, K. Pahlen (Incident)
  • Saturday's child (Some are teethed on a silver spoon) - G. Bachlund
  • Schwarzbraunes Mädel hat sterben gemusst - A. Zemlinsky
  • Since men grow diffident at last - D. Moore (Youth Sings a Song of Rosebuds)
  • Some are teethed on a silver spoon - G. Bachlund, E. Whithorne (Saturday's child)
  • The loss of love (All through an empty place I go) - G. Bachlund
  • The wise (Dead men are wisest, for they know) - G. Bachlund
  • To a poet (I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth) - D. Moore
  • Totes braunes Mädel (Schwarzbraunes Mädel hat sterben gemusst) - A. Zemlinsky
  • We open infant eyes * - J. Duke (Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts)
  • We shall not always plant while others reap - D. Moore, R. Owens (From the Dark Tower)
  • With two white roses on her breasts GER (A brown girl dead) -
  • Yet do I marvel (I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind) - T. Cipullo, R. Owens
  • Youth Sings a Song of Rosebuds (Since men grow diffident at last) - D. Moore

Last update: 2023-05-10 21:06:32

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