Texts by R. Frost set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)

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Acquainted with the night (I have been one acquainted with the night) (from West-Running Brook) - J. Duke, A. Freed, J. Mitchell GER
A dream pang (I had withdrawn in forest, and my song) (from A Boy's Will) - W. Ames
After Apple-picking (My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree) (from North of Boston) - G. Bachlund
A girl's garden (A neighbor of mine in the village) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Thompson
A minor bird (I have wished a bird would fly away) (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, J. Behrend, C. Dougherty
An ant on the tablecloth (from A Further Range) - L. Berkowitz, H. Bielawa (Departmental)
A neighbor of mine in the village (from Mountain Interval) - R. Thompson (A girl's garden)
Ants (An ant on the tablecloth) (from A Further Range) - H. Bielawa
A patch of old snow (There's a patch of old snow in a corner) (from Mountain Interval) - W. Ames, P. Spino
A prayer in spring (Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today) (from A Boy's Will) - G. McKay
As I came to the edge of the woods (from A Further Range) - N. Rorem, R. Thompson (Come in)
As I went down the hill along the wall (from Mountain Interval) - J. Weiss (Meeting and passing)
As I went out a Crow (from Mountain Interval) - J. Duke (The last word of a bluebird as told to a child)
Atmosphere - Inscription for a Garden Wall (Winds blow the open grassy places bleak) - D. Weiland *
Atmosphere (Winds blow the open grassy places bleak) *
Before man came to blow it right - S. Grill, R. Perera
Be it my loss (Now close the windows and hush all the fields) (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
Birches (When I see birches bend to left and right) (from Mountain Interval) - P. Reif
Blue-Butterfly Day (It is blue-butterfly day here in spring) - L. Liebermann
Bond And Free (Love has earth to which she clings) - D. Weiland *
Chamber Music (An ant on the tablecloth) (from A Further Range) - L. Berkowitz
Choose Something Like a Star (O Star (the fairest one in sight)) (from Come In) - R. Thompson
Come In (As I came to the edge of the woods) (from A Further Range) - N. Rorem, R. Thompson
Come with rain, O loud Southwester! (from A Boy's Will) - J. Duke, E. Gregson, J. Mitchell (To the thawing wind)
Departmental (An ant on the tablecloth) (from A Further Range)
Dust of snow (The way a crow) (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Carter, L. Liebermann, N. Peros, V. Persichetti, A. Rosser
Fire and ice (Some say the world will end in fire) (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Bacon, H. Cowell, A. Hudson, E. Moritz, C. Taylor
Here come the line-gang pioneering by (from Mountain Interval) - E. Carter (The line-gang)
How countlessly they congregate - L. Liebermann
If heaven were to do again - S. Grill
I had withdrawn in forest, and my song (from A Boy's Will) - W. Ames (A dream pang)
I have been one acquainted with the night (from West-Running Brook) GER - J. Duke, A. Freed, J. Mitchell (Acquainted with the night)
I have wished a bird would fly away (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, J. Behrend, C. Dougherty (A minor bird)
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring (from North of Boston) - M. Bonds, H. Cowell, P. Gordon, B. Murray, C. Naginski, V. Persichetti, R. Thompson, J. Weiss (The pasture)
Into My Own (One of my wishes is that those dark trees) - L. Liebermann
Iris By Night (One misty evening, one another’s guide) - D. Weiland *
I stole forth dimly in the dripping pause - D. Weiland (Moon Compasses) *
It is blue-butterfly day here in spring - L. Liebermann
I turned to speak to God - G. Bachlund (Not All There)
It was too lonely for her there (from Mountain Interval) - R. Owen (The Impulse)
I wonder about the trees (from Mountain Interval) - H. Elwell (The sound of the trees)
Love has earth to which she clings - D. Weiland (Bond And Free) *
Lovers, forget your love (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
Meeting and passing (As I went down the hill along the wall) (from Mountain Interval) - J. Weiss
Moon Compasses (I stole forth dimly in the dripping pause) - D. Weiland *
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree (from North of Boston) - G. Bachlund (After Apple-picking)
Nature's first green is gold (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, C. Bentz, A. Henderson, J. Musto, N. Peros, R. Sowash, P. Spino (Nothing gold can stay)
Nightscene (Part of a moon was falling down the west) (from North of Boston) - J. Mitchell
Not All There (I turned to speak to God) - G. Bachlund
Nothing gold can stay (Nature's first green is gold) (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, C. Bentz, J. Musto, N. Peros, R. Sowash, P. Spino
Nothing gold (Nature's first green is gold) (from New Hampshire) - A. Henderson
November (We saw leaves go to glory) *
Now close the windows and hush all the fields (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield, L. Liebermann, B. Murray (Now close the windows)
Now close the windows (Now close the windows and hush all the fields) (from A Boy's Will) - L. Liebermann, B. Murray
October Morning (O hushed October morning mild) (from A Boy's Will) - J. Raynor
October (O hushed October morning mild) (from A Boy's Will) - G. Bachlund, A. Henderson
O give us pleasure in the flowers today (Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today) (from A Boy's Will) - T. Canning, C. Taylor
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today (from A Boy's Will) - T. Canning, G. McKay, C. Taylor (A prayer in spring)
O hushed October morning mild (from A Boy's Will) - G. Bachlund, A. Henderson, J. Raynor (October)
One misty evening, one another’s guide - D. Weiland (Iris By Night) *
One of my wishes is that those dark trees - L. Liebermann
On glossy wires artistically bent (from A Further Range) - C. Bentz (Waspish)
O Star (the fairest one in sight) (from Come In) - R. Thompson (Choose Something Like a Star)
Out, Out (The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard) (from Mountain Interval) - L. Phelps
Out through the fields and the woods (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield (Reluctance)
Pan came out of the woods one day - A. Henderson (Pan with us)
Pan with us (Pan came out of the woods one day) - A. Henderson
Part of a moon was falling down the west (from North of Boston) - J. Mitchell
Prologue (When I see birches bend to left and right) (from Mountain Interval) - L. Spratlan
Reluctance (Out through the fields and the woods) (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
Riders (The surest thing there is is we are riders) (from West-Running Brook) - J. Mitchell
She is as in a field a silken tent (from A Witness Tree) - A. Alon (The silken tent)
Some say the world will end in fire (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Bacon, H. Cowell, A. Hudson, E. Moritz, C. Taylor (Fire and ice)
Something inspires the only cow of late - P. Salerni (The Cow in Apple Time)
Spring Pools (These pools that, though in forests, still reflect) (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, H. Cowell
Stars (How countlessly they congregate) - L. Liebermann
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Whose woods these are I think I know) (from New Hampshire) - S. Barber, M. Bonds, N. Boulanger, L. Crabtree, A. Diers, J. Duke, F. Glazer, L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, A. Henderson, W. Hoskins, A. Hudson, J. La Montaine, L. Liebermann, J. Mitchell, O. Mortensen, N. Peros, N. Rorem, A. Rosser, P. Sargent, A. Schmutz, R. Thompson, D. Weiland GER
Stopping by Woods (Whose woods these are I think I know) (from New Hampshire) - D. Swann GER
The aim was song (Before man came to blow it right) - S. Grill, R. Perera
The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard (from Mountain Interval) - L. Phelps (Out, Out)
The Cow in Apple Time (Something inspires the only cow of late) - P. Salerni
The dust of snow (The way a crow) (from New Hampshire) - L. Hoiby
The falls ('Tis a steep wood of rocks) - J. Weiss
The Gift Outright (The land was ours before we were the land's) (from A Witness Tree) - R. Thompson
The Impulse (It was too lonely for her there) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Owen
The land was ours before we were the land's (from A Witness Tree) - R. Thompson (The Gift Outright)
The last word of a bluebird as told to a child (As I went out a Crow) (from Mountain Interval)
The last word of a bluebird (As I went out a Crow) (from Mountain Interval) - J. Duke
The line-gang (Here come the line-gang pioneering by) (from Mountain Interval) - E. Carter
The oven bird (There is a singer everyone has heard) (from Mountain Interval) - A. Hinton
The pasture (I'm going out to clean the pasture spring) (from North of Boston) - M. Bonds, H. Cowell, P. Gordon, B. Murray, C. Naginski, V. Persichetti, R. Thompson, J. Weiss
The Peaceful Shepherd (If heaven were to do again) - S. Grill
There is a singer everyone has heard (from Mountain Interval) - A. Hinton (The oven bird)
There's a patch of old snow in a corner (from Mountain Interval) - W. Ames, P. Spino (A patch of old snow)
The Road not Taken (Two roads diverged in a yellow wood) (from Mountain Interval) - H. Elwell, R. Thompson, D. Weiland GER
The rose family (The rose is a rose) (from West-Running Brook) - E. Carter, J. Musto
The rose is a rose (from West-Running Brook) - E. Carter, J. Musto (The rose family)
These pools that, though in forests, still reflect (from West-Running Brook) - W. Ames, H. Cowell (Spring Pools)
The silken tent (She is as in a field a silken tent) (from A Witness Tree) - A. Alon
The sound of the trees (I wonder about the trees) (from Mountain Interval) - H. Elwell
The surest thing there is is we are riders (from West-Running Brook) - J. Mitchell (Riders)
The telephone (When I was just as far as I could walk) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Thompson
The way a crow (from New Hampshire) - W. Ames, E. Carter, L. Hoiby, L. Liebermann, N. Peros, V. Persichetti, A. Rosser (Dust of snow)
'Tis a steep wood of rocks - J. Weiss (The falls)
To the thawing wind (Come with rain, O loud Southwester!) (from A Boy's Will) - J. Duke, E. Gregson, J. Mitchell
Tree at my window, window tree (from West-Running Brook) - F. Jackson (Tree at my window)
Tree at my window (Tree at my window, window tree) (from West-Running Brook) - F. Jackson
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood (from Mountain Interval) GER - H. Elwell, R. Thompson, D. Weiland (The Road not Taken)
Voices (When I was just as far as I could walk) (from Mountain Interval) - R. Birch
Waspish (On glossy wires artistically bent) (from A Further Range) - C. Bentz
We saw leaves go to glory - D. Weiland (November) *
We saw Leaves Go to Glory (We saw leaves go to glory) - D. Weiland *
When I see birches bend to left and right (from Mountain Interval) - P. Reif, L. Spratlan
When I was just as far as I could walk (from Mountain Interval) - R. Birch, R. Thompson (The telephone)
Whose woods these are I think I know (from New Hampshire) GER - S. Barber, M. Bonds, N. Boulanger, L. Crabtree, A. Diers, J. Duke, F. Glazer, L. Gruenberg, J. Hall, A. Henderson, W. Hoskins, A. Hudson, J. La Montaine, L. Liebermann, J. Mitchell, O. Mortensen, N. Peros, N. Rorem, A. Rosser, P. Sargent, A. Schmutz, D. Swann, R. Thompson, D. Weiland (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening)
Wind and window flower (Lovers, forget your love) (from A Boy's Will) - A. Clearfield
Winds blow the open grassy places bleak - D. Weiland (Atmosphere) *

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