Texts by T. Eliot set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)

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

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A cold coming we had of it (from Journey of the Magi) * - I. Anhalt, B. Britten
Anthem (The dove descending breaks the air) (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - I. Stravinsky *
Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees - G. Bachlund
Ash on and old man's sleeve (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) * - J. Mitchell
At the still point (At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - J. Mitchell *
Burnt Norton () (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - P. Whear [x] *
Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - A. Rawsthorne (Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town)
Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town (Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - A. Rawsthorne [x] *
Canticle IV (The Journey of the Magi) (A cold coming we had of it) (from Journey of the Magi) - B. Britten *
Canticle V (The Death of Saint Narcissus) (Come under the shadow of this gray rock) (from Poems written in Early Youth) - B. Britten FRE *
Cape Ann (O quick quick quick, quick hear the song-sparrow) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Children's voices in the orchard (from Landscapes) * - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, G. Burt, J. Christou, D. Healey, R. Holloway, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young (New Hampshire)
Children's voices (Children's voices in the orchard) (from Landscapes) - R. Holloway *
Come under the shadow of this gray rock (from Poems written in Early Youth) FRE * - B. Britten
Death by Water (Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead) (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) - J. Christou ITA
Do not suddenly break the branch, or (from Landscapes) * - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young (Usk)
East Coker (O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - D. Bourgeois *
En Amerique, professeur (from Poems) - J. Christou (Mélange adultère de tout)
Eyes that last I saw in tears (Eyes that last I saw in tears) - J. Christou, J. Gruen, R. Holloway, J. McCabe
Five-finger exercises (The songsters of the air repair) - P. Reif [x] *
For an Old Man (The tiger in the tiger-pit) (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) - D. Diamond *
Garlic and sapphires in the mud (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
Growltiger's Last Stand (Growltiger was a Bravo Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - H. Searle [x] *
Growltiger was a Bravo Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - H. Searle (Growltiger's Last Stand)
Gus is the Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - A. Rawsthorne (Gus: The Theatre Cat)
Gus: The Theatre Cat (Gus is the Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - A. Rawsthorne [x] *
Here is a place of disaffection (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
Here the crow starves, here the patient stag (from Landscapes) * - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young (Rannoch, by Glencoe)
His soul stretched tight across the skies (His soul stretched tight across the skies) (from Preludes) - H. Swanson
His soul stretched tight across the skies (from Preludes) - S. Grill, H. Swanson
I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
I have a Gumbie Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - A. Rawsthorne (The Old Gumbie Cat)
In my beginning is my end. In succession (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
In order to arrive there (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
I sometimes wonder if that is what Krishna meant (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
Jellicle Cats come out tonight (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - D. ApIvor, D. Howell, B. Price, A. Rawsthorne (The Song of the Jellicles)
Journey of the Magi (A cold coming we had of it) (from Journey of the Magi) - I. Anhalt *
Lady, whose shrine stands on the promontory (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
La figlia che piange (Stand on the highest pavement of the stair) (from Prufrock and Other Observations) - R. Holloway
Let us go then, you and I - P. Wallinga (The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock)
Lines for an Old Man (The tiger in the tiger-pit) (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) *
Little Gidding () (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - A. Bliss [x]
Macavity's a Mystery Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - H. Searle (Macavity: The Mystery Cat)
Macavity: The Mystery Cat (Macavity's a Mystery Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - H. Searle [x] *
Mélange adultère de tout (En Amerique, professeur) (from Poems) - J. Christou
Midwinter spring is its own season (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
Morning at the Window (They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens) (from Prufrock and Other Observations) - D. Healey
New Hampshire (Children's voices in the orchard) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, G. Burt, J. Christou, D. Healey, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) * - D. Bourgeois, J. Mitchell
Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] * - A. Rawsthorne (Old Deuteronomy)
Old Deuteronomy (Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - A. Rawsthorne [x] *
O quick quick quick, quick hear the song-sparrow (from Landscapes) * - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, R. Holloway, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young (Cape Ann)
Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) ITA - S. Burkinshaw, J. Christou, D. MacInnis
Phlebas (Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead) (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) - S. Burkinshaw ITA
Prelude I (The winter evening settles down) (from Preludes) - S. Grill, W. Peterson
Prelude II (The morning comes to consciousness) (from Preludes) - S. Grill
Prelude III (You tossed a blanket from the bed) (from Preludes) - S. Grill
Prelude IV (His soul stretched tight across the skies) (from Preludes) - S. Grill
Rannoch, by Glencoe (Here the crow starves, here the patient stag) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Red river, red river (from Landscapes) * - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Christou, R. Holloway, J. Paynter, J. Purser, K. Rathaus, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young (Virginia)
Red river (Red river, red river) (from Landscapes) - R. Holloway *
Rose garden () (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - Z. Bargielski POL [x]
Różany ogród () - Z. Bargielski [x] *
Shall I say it again? (O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - J. Mitchell *
Shall I say it again? (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
Sin is Behovely, but (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) * - S. Gubaidulina
Skimbleshanks: the railway cat (There's a whisper down the line at 11.39) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - R. Groot *
So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
Stand on the highest pavement of the stair (from Prufrock and Other Observations) - R. Holloway (La figlia che piange)
Sweeney among the nightingales (Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees) - G. Bachlund
The chill ascends from feet to knees (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) * - S. Gubaidulina
The dove descending breaks the air (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) * - J. Harvey, A. Lourié, R. Schonthal, I. Stravinsky
The dove descending (The dove descending breaks the air) (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - J. Harvey, R. Schonthal *
The dove (The dove descending breaks the air) (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - A. Lourié *
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (Let us go then, you and I) - P. Wallinga
The morning comes to consciousness (The morning comes to consciousness) (from Preludes) - E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson
The morning comes to consciousness (from Preludes) - S. Grill, E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson
The Naming of Cats (The Naming of Cats) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - D. Keats, A. Rawsthorne [x] *
The Old Gumbie Cat (I have a Gumbie Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - A. Rawsthorne [x] *
There are three conditions which often look alike (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
There's a whisper down the line at 11.39 (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) * - R. Groot (Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat)
The Song of the Jellicles (Jellicle Cats come out tonight) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - D. ApIvor, D. Howell, B. Price, A. Rawsthorne [x] *
The songsters of the air repair [x] * - P. Reif (Five-finger exercises)
The tiger in the tiger-pit is not more irritable than I (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) * (Lines for an Old Man) - D. Diamond
The tiger in the tiger-pit (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) * - D. Diamond (Lines for an Old Man)
The Waste Land (Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead) (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) - D. MacInnis ITA
The wind sprang up at four o' clock (The wind sprang up at four o'clock) - J. Christou *
The wind sprang up at four o'clock * - J. Christou
The winter evening settles down (The winter evening settles down) (from Preludes) - E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson
The winter evening settles down (from Preludes) - S. Grill, W. Peterson, E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson
The wounded surgeon plies the steel (The wounded surgeon plies the steel) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - G. Whettam *
The wounded surgeon plies the steel (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) * - G. Whettam
They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens (from Prufrock and Other Observations) - D. Healey (Morning at the Window)
Time and the bell have buried the day (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) * - J. Gruen, S. Gubaidulina
Time and the bell (Time and the bell have buried the day) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - J. Gruen *
Time present and time past (Time present and time past) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - J. Mitchell *
Time present and time past (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) * - J. Mitchell
To communicate with Mars, converse with spirits (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
Usk (Do not suddenly break the branch, or) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Virginia (Red river, red river) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Christou, J. Paynter, J. Purser, K. Rathaus, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Voices of birds (O quick quick quick, quick hear the song-sparrow) (from Landscapes) - R. Holloway *
Wer ist der dritte () - W. Vogel (Text: Anonymous after T. S. Eliot) [x]
We shall not cease from exploration (What we call the beginning is often the end) (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - J. Mitchell *
We shall not cease from exploration (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
What is the late November doing (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
What we call the beginning is often the end (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) * - J. Mitchell
Where is there an end of it, the soundless wailing (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) * - J. Mitchell
Where is there an end of it? (Where is there an end of it, the soundless wailing) (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) - J. Mitchell *
Who is the third who walks always beside you? (from The Waste Land - 5. What the Thunder Said) GER
Words move, music moves (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
You tossed a blanket from the bed (You tossed a blanket from the bed) (from Preludes) - H. Swanson
You tossed a blanket from the bed (from Preludes) - S. Grill, H. Swanson

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