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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 ) CAT FIN FRE
    • 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 ) CAT FIN FRE
  • 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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