Author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)
Text Compilations
Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - 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.
- 1/ (from Starting from San Francisco) * (Big fat hairy vision of Evil)
- 1/ (from Starting from San Francisco) * - Elie Siegmeister (Big fat hairy vision of Evil)
- 1/ (from Starting from San Francisco) * - Dale Jergenson (The vision)
- Away above a harborful of caulkless houses (from Pictures of the Gone World) *
- Away above a harborful (Away above a harborful) (from Pictures of the Gone World) - Ian Farr *
- Away above a harborful (from Pictures of the Gone World) * - Ian Farr (Away above a harborful)
- Big fat hairy vision of Evil (1/) (from Starting from San Francisco) *
- Big fat hairy vision of Evil (1/) (from Starting from San Francisco) - Elie Siegmeister *
- Cadillac rain (In a surrealist year of sandwich men) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) [x] *
- Cadillac rain (In a surrealist year of sandwich men) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) - Steven Ebel [x] *
- Don't let that horse eat that violin (Don't let that horse) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) - Allan Blank, Judith Weir *
- Don't let that horse (from A Coney Island of the Mind) * - Allan Blank, Judith Weir (Don't let that horse eat that violin)
- Don't let that horse (from A Coney Island of the Mind) * - Christopher Berg (Don't let the horse...)
- Don't let that horse (from A Coney Island of the Mind) * - Christopher Yavelow (The horse with violin in mouth)
- Don't let the horse... (Don't let that horse) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) - Christopher Berg *
- Dove sta amore where lies love (from A Coney Island of the Mind) *
- Dove sta amore (Dove sta amore) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) - John Musto, Ronald Perera *
- Dove sta amore (from A Coney Island of the Mind) * - John Musto, Ronald Perera (Dove sta amore)
- Evil evil evil evil world is evil life is evil (from Starting from San Francisco) * (Big fat hairy vision of Evil)
- for all I know maybe she was happier (for all I know maybe she was happier) (from Pictures of the Gone World) - Ian Farr [x] *
- for all I know maybe she was happier (from Pictures of the Gone World) [x] * - Ian Farr (for all I know maybe she was happier)
- Fortune has its cookies to give out (from Pictures of the Gone World) [x] * - Elie Siegmeister (Fortune has its cookies)
- Fortune has its cookies (Fortune has its cookies to give out) (from Pictures of the Gone World) - Elie Siegmeister [x] *
- I didn't get much sleep last night (from Starting from San Francisco) * (Underwear)
- I didn't get much sleep last night (from Starting from San Francisco) * - Paul Barsom (Underwear)
- In a surrealist year of sandwich men (from A Coney Island of the Mind) [x] * (Cadillac rain)
- In a surrealist year of sandwich men (from A Coney Island of the Mind) [x] * - Steven Ebel (Cadillac rain)
- Outside the leaves were falling () - Scott Gendel [x] *
- Terrible a horse at night (Terrible a horse at night) (from Pictures of the Gone World) - Ian Farr [x] *
- Terrible a horse at night (from Pictures of the Gone World) [x] * - Ian Farr (Terrible a horse at night)
- The horse with violin in mouth (Don't let that horse) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) - Christopher Yavelow *
- The pennycandy store beyond the El (The pennycandystore beyond the El) (from A Coney Island of the Mind) - Leonard Bernstein, Allan Blank *
- The pennycandystore beyond the El (from A Coney Island of the Mind) * - Leonard Bernstein, Allan Blank (The pennycandy store beyond the El)
- The vision (1/) (from Starting from San Francisco) - Dale Jergenson *
- Underwear (I didn't get much sleep last night) (from Starting from San Francisco) *
- Underwear (I didn't get much sleep last night) (from Starting from San Francisco) - Paul Barsom *
Last update: 2019-03-20 15:04:20