Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by A. Smith

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Alan Louis Smith

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.

• Five Psalms of Jonathan to David
• no. 1. Your sunburned fingers that thrum my enthralled heart (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 2. Oh, to be a constellation together with you! (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 3. I kiss your hair, dark with olives and pomegranates and the smoke of campfires (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 4. The headlong rush of star to star (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 5. Hide with me here a little longer in this cradling manger (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Four Folksongs for Soprano, Viola and Piano
• no. 1. I know where I'm goin' (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 2. Early one morning (Text: Volkslieder ) FIN
• no. 3. I once loved a boy (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 4. Oh, Johnny! (Text: Volkslieder )
• The Other Side of the Door. Five Aspects of Love
• no. 1. Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 2. To my Beloved Narcissist (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 3. To My Dying Father, Fifty-six Years Later (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 4. Training wheels (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 5. Puppies on the Other Side of the Door (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• To the Muse
• no. 1. Baudelaire’s invalid flowers (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 2. If every ear (Mondnacht) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 3. Some enchanted evening (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 4. Making out of life what we want it to be (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• no. 5. Francis Poulenc’s Thank-you Note to Louise de Vilmorin (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman
• no. 1. The allure of the West
• no. 2. Prologue to the journal (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 3. There's a lady -- Monday, April 1 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 4. Considerable excitement -- Saturday, April 6 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 5. The face of the earth -- Tuesday, May 14 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 6. Buffalo chase -- Wednesday, May 22 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 7. The Sioux tribe and the "White Squaw" -- Monday, June 3 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 8. Lost boy -- Saturday, July 27 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 9. Upon them she depended -- Tuesday, August 27 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 10. The mountain -- Friday, August 30 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 11. Margaret's dream
• no. 12. Here we are -- Saturday, September 7 (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• no. 13. Epilogue to the journal (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn: from the Private Papers of a World War II Bride
• no. 1. Stationed in Europe (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• no. 2. Crossing the English Channel --: Recitativo (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• no. 3. France, having survived the Normandy Invasion, D-Day: (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• no. 4. Telegram -- Schism
• no. 5. Epilogue (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• Windows. Five Songs of Love
• no. 1. Heart windows (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 2. Kaleidoscope (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 3. Lapiz lazuli (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 4. I sing you to sleep - Lullaby (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• no. 5. When you carry me to the stars (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• Baudelaire’s invalid flowers (in To the Muse) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Buffalo chase -- Wednesday, May 22 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Considerable excitement -- Saturday, April 6 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Crossing the English Channel --: Recitativo (in Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn: from the Private Papers of a World War II Bride) (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• Daniel Boone sings to the night sky (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Early one morning (in Four Folksongs for Soprano, Viola and Piano) (Text: Volkslieder ) FIN
• Epilogue to the journal (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Epilogue (in Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn: from the Private Papers of a World War II Bride) (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• For the color of my mother (Text: Elisabeth Brewer) [x]*
• France, having survived the Normandy Invasion, D-Day: (in Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn: from the Private Papers of a World War II Bride) (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• Francis Poulenc’s Thank-you Note to Louise de Vilmorin (in To the Muse) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Heart windows (in Windows. Five Songs of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Here we are -- Saturday, September 7 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Hide with me here a little longer in this cradling manger (in Five Psalms of Jonathan to David) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• If every ear (Mondnacht) (in To the Muse) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• I kiss your hair, dark with olives and pomegranates and the smoke of campfires (in Five Psalms of Jonathan to David) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• I know where I'm goin' (in Four Folksongs for Soprano, Viola and Piano) (Text: Volkslieder )
• I once loved a boy (in Four Folksongs for Soprano, Viola and Piano) (Text: Volkslieder )
• I sing you to sleep - Lullaby (in Windows. Five Songs of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Kaleidoscope (in Windows. Five Songs of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Là ci darem la mano (in To the Muse) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Lapiz lazuli (in Windows. Five Songs of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Lost boy -- Saturday, July 27 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Making out of life what we want it to be (in To the Muse) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Margaret's dream (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman)
• Oh, Johnny! (in Four Folksongs for Soprano, Viola and Piano) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Oh, to be a constellation together with you! (in Five Psalms of Jonathan to David) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Prologue to the journal (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Puppies on the Other Side of the Door (in The Other Side of the Door. Five Aspects of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Some enchanted evening (in To the Muse) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• Stationed in Europe (in Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn: from the Private Papers of a World War II Bride) (Text: George W. Honts, First Lieutenant)
• Telegram -- Schism (in Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn: from the Private Papers of a World War II Bride)
• The allure of the West (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman)
• The face of the earth -- Tuesday, May 14 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• The headlong rush of star to star (in Five Psalms of Jonathan to David) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)
• The mountain -- Friday, August 30 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• There's a lady -- Monday, April 1 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• The Sioux tribe and the "White Squaw" -- Monday, June 3 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• To my Beloved Narcissist (in The Other Side of the Door. Five Aspects of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• To My Dying Father, Fifty-six Years Later (in The Other Side of the Door. Five Aspects of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Training wheels (in The Other Side of the Door. Five Aspects of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Upon them she depended -- Tuesday, August 27 (in Vignettes: Covered Wagon Woman) (Text: Margaret Ann Alsip Frink) *
• Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst (in The Other Side of the Door. Five Aspects of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• When you carry me to the stars (in Windows. Five Songs of Love) (Text: Alan Louis Smith) *
• Your sunburned fingers that thrum my enthralled heart (in Five Psalms of Jonathan to David) (Text: Alan Louis Smith)

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