Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by B. Mehldau
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Love Songs
- no. 1. it may not always be so; and i say (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- no. 2. We met at the end of the party (Text: Philip Larkin) [x]*
- no. 3. Child, child (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 4. Twilight (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 5. Because (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 6. Dreams (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 7. Did you never know? (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
- no. 1. Your first word was light (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- no. 2. The hour is striking so close above me (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE
- no. 3. I love the dark hours of my being (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE
- no. 4. I love you, gentlest of Ways (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- no. 5. No one lives his life (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- no. 6. His caring is a nightmare to us (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- no. 7. Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE GER
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- Because (in Love Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Child, child (in Love Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Did you never know? (in Love Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Dreams (in Love Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE GER
- His caring is a nightmare to us (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- I love the dark hours of my being (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE
- I love you, gentlest of Ways (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- it may not always be so; and i say (in Love Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- No one lives his life (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
- The hour is striking so close above me (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE
- Twilight (in Love Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- We met at the end of the party (in Love Songs) (Text: Philip Larkin) [x]*
- Your first word was light (in Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God) (Text: Anita Barrows; Joanna Macy after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
Last update: 2024-02-01 19:38:37