Texts by S. Spender 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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- After the first powerful plain manifesto (from New Signatures) [x] * - R. Finney (The express)
- A man-made world (What a wild room) (from The Edge of Being) - N. Brown [x] *
- A stopwatch and an ordnance map (A stopwatch and an ordnance map) (from The Still Centre) - S. Barber [x] *
- I am that witness (I am the witness through whom the whole) (from Poems of Dedication - Spiritual Explorations) - N. Brown [x] *
- I am the witness through whom the whole (from Poems of Dedication - Spiritual Explorations) [x] * - N. Brown
- Ice (She came in from the snowing air) - H. Wood [x] *
- I hear the cries of evening, while the paw (from Twenty Poems) [x] * - N. Maw
- I hear the cries of evening (I hear the cries of evening, while the paw) (from Twenty Poems) - N. Maw [x] *
- I think continually of those who were truly great (I think of those who were truly great) - M. Lawson [x] *
- I think of those who were truly great [x] * - J. Joubert, M. Lawson (I think of those)
- I think of those (I think of those who were truly great) - J. Joubert [x] *
- I wear your kiss like a feather (from The Still Centre) [x] * - N. Brown (Two kisses)
- My parents kept me from children who were rough (My parents kept me from children who were rough) (from New Signatures) - N. Brown [x] *
- My parents kept me from children who were rough (from New Signatures) [x] * - N. Brown (My parents)
- My parents (My parents kept me from children who were rough) (from New Signatures) [x] *
- On the first summer day (from The Edge of Being) [x] * - N. Brown (On the third day)
- On the third day (On the first summer day) (from The Edge of Being) - N. Brown [x] *
- Rolled over on Europe: the sharp dew frozen to stars (from Poems) [x] * - N. Brown
- Rolled over on Europe (Rolled over on Europe: the sharp dew frozen to stars) (from Poems) - N. Brown [x] *
- She came in from the snowing air [x] * - H. Wood (Ice)
- The express (After the first powerful plain manifesto) (from New Signatures) - R. Finney [x] *
- Two kisses (I wear your kiss like a feather) (from The Still Centre) - N. Brown [x] *
- Weep, girl, weep (Weep, girl, weep) (from The Edge of Being) - N. Brown [x] *
- What a wild room (from The Edge of Being) [x] * - N. Brown (A man-made world)
- What I expected, was (What I expected, was) - J. Corigliano [x] *
- What I expected, was [x] * - J. Corigliano
Last update: 2023-05-06 22:24:27