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

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

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Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• About composing Heine (Music is emotion looking for poetry) - R. Farber
• A kite that soared (It ain't easy to fly a kite) - R. Farber *
• An almost depressed cycle - R. Farber (Cycles and sets)
• A record player (PIANIST: No music) - R. Farber *
• A remote controlled car (I always wanted one) - R. Farber *
• A shadow theater (I remember once reading or seeing or) - R. Farber *
• A soccer ball (Not a soccer ball to kick around) - R. Farber *
• A time to heal (This setback is a part of life) - R. Farber [x] *
• A Zen sound (On the days when it rains or my gout is too bad) - R. Farber
• A Zen view of the world (I should be singing short images of nature) - R. Farber
• Beep beep zap briiiing * - R. Farber (The video game)
• Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam - R. Farber (Ceterum censeo)
• Ceterum censeo (Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam) - R. Farber
• Coda (Time is slowly passing) - R. Farber *
• Come sit by my side and be my love (Come sit by my side and be my love) - R. Farber *
• Cycles and sets (An almost depressed cycle) - R. Farber
• Early Morning Pipe (It’s almost five p.m) - R. Farber
• Ennui oui oui si si ennui * - R. Farber (Me and my Ennui, si si [a can-can])
• Es ist nicht der Körper (Es ist nicht der Körper) - R. Farber [x] *
• Es ist nicht der Körper [x] * - R. Farber
• Getting old is like writing Haiku (Getting old is like writing Haiku) - R. Farber
• Gout starts as an episode - R. Farber (Gout)
• Gout (Gout starts as an episode) - R. Farber
• Her eyes have become more beautiful (Her eyes have become more beautiful) - R. Farber [x] *
• Her eyes have become more beautiful [x] * - R. Farber
• He's my bear, my Teddy Teddy bear — the * - R. Farber (The Teddy Bear)
• I always wanted one * - R. Farber (A remote controlled car)
• I am an old man now for many years - R. Farber (Not God)
• I can’t get enough Coffee * - R. Farber
• I don’t like the portrayal of the Japanese as the barbaric other - R. Farber (Not the barbaric other)
• I don’t want justice I want love (I don’t want justice I want love) - R. Farber *
• I have found a tobacco company that I like - R. Farber (My tobacco company)
• I hear the tick tick ticking (I’m so sad/ The world is digital but I hear the tick tick ticking of a clock) - R. Farber *
• I lean against her in the elevator [x] * - R. Farber
• I love you, yes I do [x] * - R. Farber
• I love you (I love you, yes I do) - R. Farber [x] *
• I’m going to sell all my books * - R. Farber (The End of Season Sale)
• I'm sad (I'm sad/) *
• I'm sad (I'm sad/) - R. Farber *
• I’m so sad/ The world is digital but I hear the tick tick ticking of a clock * - R. Farber (I hear the tick tick ticking)
• In the elevator (I lean against her in the elevator) - R. Farber [x] *
• I remember once reading or seeing or * - R. Farber (A shadow theater)
• I should be singing short images of nature - R. Farber (A Zen view of the world)
• It ain't easy to fly a kite * - R. Farber (A kite that soared)
• It’s almost five p.m - R. Farber (Early Morning Pipe)
• Life plods on, desire diminishes [x] * - R. Farber
• Life plods on (Life plods on, desire diminishes) - R. Farber [x] *
• Me and my Ennui, si si [a can-can] (Ennui oui oui si si ennui) - R. Farber *
• Music is emotion looking for poetry - R. Farber
• My brand new five speed bike (Red and white with a dark brown saddle) - R. Farber *
• My expanding orchard (My Horizons shrink) - R. Farber
• My Horizons shrink - R. Farber (My expanding orchard)
• My pipe takes longer than half an hour to smoke - R. Farber (My pipe)
• My pipe (My pipe takes longer than half an hour to smoke) - R. Farber
• My real problem with Haiku is counting the syllables - R. Farber (My real problem with Haiku)
• My real problem with Haiku (My real problem with Haiku is counting the syllables) - R. Farber
• My smart phone sits heavy in my shirt pocket (My smart phone sits heavy in my shirt pocket) - R. Farber
• My third chair (There is now a third chair) - R. Farber
• My tobacco company (I have found a tobacco company that I like) - R. Farber
• My wife asks me to stop smoking (My wife asks me to stop smoking) - R. Farber
• My wife bought me an orange armchair - R. Farber (Not quite an Archie Bunker)
• Nacht erwacht (Nacht erwacht) - R. Farber [x] *
• Nacht erwacht [x] * - R. Farber
• Not a soccer ball to kick around * - R. Farber (A soccer ball)
• Not God (I am an old man now for many years) - R. Farber
• Not quite an Archie Bunker (My wife bought me an orange armchair) - R. Farber
• Not the barbaric other (I don’t like the portrayal of the Japanese as the barbaric other) - R. Farber
• On the days when it rains or my gout is too bad - R. Farber (A Zen sound)
• PIANIST: No music * - R. Farber (A record player)
• Red and white with a dark brown saddle * - R. Farber (My brand new five speed bike)
• The clouds are gray today (The clouds are gray today) - R. Farber
• The coffee machine makes too much noise (The coffee machine makes too much noise) - R. Farber
• The End of Season Sale (I’m going to sell all my books) - R. Farber *
• The faces on my pocket watch are so sad (The faces on my pocket watch) - R. Farber *
• The faces on my pocket watch * - R. Farber (The faces on my pocket watch are so sad)
• The gift (There was a question of trust) - R. Farber *
• The hot east wind brings - R. Farber (The hot east wind)
• The hot east wind (The hot east wind brings) - R. Farber
• There is now a third chair - R. Farber (My third chair)
• There was a question of trust * - R. Farber (The gift)
• The Teddy Bear (He's my bear, my Teddy Teddy bear — the) - R. Farber *
• The Very First Diddle () - R. Farber [x] *
• The video game (Beep beep zap briiiing) - R. Farber *
• The wind is brisk damp and cool (The wind is brisk damp and cool) - R. Farber
• The wind is brisk damp and cool - R. Farber (The wind is brisk)
• The wind is brisk (The wind is brisk damp and cool) - R. Farber
• This music is randomly composed no thinking allowed - R. Farber (This music is randomly composed)
• This music is randomly composed (This music is randomly composed no thinking allowed) - R. Farber
• This setback is a part of life [x] * - R. Farber
• Time is slowly passing * - R. Farber (Coda)
• To be sung before the Interval [the coffee song] (I can’t get enough Coffee) - R. Farber *
• Treiben (Treiben) - R. Farber [x] *
• Treiben [x] * - R. Farber
• Und nun sterben die geschöpfer Gottes (Und nun sterben die geschöpfer Gottes) - R. Farber [x] *
• Und nun sterben die geschöpfer Gottes [x] * - R. Farber
• Write about the personal (Write about the personal) - R. Farber
• You have the most beautiful eyes (You have the most beautiful eyes) - R. Farber *

Last update: 2023-05-11 18:46:14