Composer: Mark Abel (b. 1948)

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Website: http://markabelmusic.com/

Listing of art song and choral settings in the database

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Note: A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.

• Five Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
• no. 1. In this town the last house stands (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) ITA
• no. 2. My life is not this steeply sloping hour (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• no. 3. All of you undisturbed cities (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 4. You darkness, that I come from (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• no. 5. I live my life in growing orbits (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• In the Rear View Mirror, Now
• no. 1. The Long Goodbye (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 2. The World Clock (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 3. The Nature of Friendship (Text: Mark Abel)
• Rainbow Songs
• no. 1. It was an evening (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 2. Breezes blow and eagles fly (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 3. La Sonnambula (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 4. The guest (Text: Mark Abel)
• The Dark-Eyed Chameleon
• no. 1. The burned horizon (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 2. Full sail (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 3. Premonition (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 4. Your girl (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 5. Cataclysm (Text: Mark Abel)
• The Dream Gallery
• no. 1. Helen (Los Angeles) (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 2. Todd (Taft) (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 3. Naomi (Berkeley) (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 4. Carol (San Diego) (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 5. Lonnie (Richmond) (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 6. Luz (Soledad) (Text: Mark Abel)
• no. 7. Adam (Arcata) (Text: Mark Abel)
• The Ocean of Forgiveness
• no. 1. Desert Wind (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• no. 2. Sally's Suicide (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• no. 3. In Love with the Sky (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• no. 4. Reunion (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• no. 5. Patience (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• The Palm Trees are Restless. Five Poems of Kate Gale
• no. 1. The storm drain (Text: Kate Gale)
• no. 2. Los Angeles (Text: Kate Gale)
• no. 3. Crater light (Text: Kate Gale)
• no. 4. Shura (Text: Kate Gale)
• no. 5. The great divorce (Text: Kate Gale)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• Adam (Arcata) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• All of you undisturbed cities (in Five Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Breezes blow and eagles fly (in Rainbow Songs) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Carol (San Diego) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Cataclysm (in The Dark-Eyed Chameleon) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Crater light (in The Palm Trees are Restless. Five Poems of Kate Gale) (Text: Kate Gale)
• Desert Wind (in The Ocean of Forgiveness) (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• Full sail (in The Dark-Eyed Chameleon) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Helen (Los Angeles) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• I live my life in growing orbits (in Five Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• In Love with the Sky (in The Ocean of Forgiveness) (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• In this town the last house stands (in Five Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) ITA
• It was an evening (in Rainbow Songs) (Text: Mark Abel)
• La Sonnambula (in Rainbow Songs) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Lonnie (Richmond) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Los Angeles (in The Palm Trees are Restless. Five Poems of Kate Gale) (Text: Kate Gale)
• Luz (Soledad) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• My life is not this steeply sloping hour (in Five Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• Naomi (Berkeley) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Patience (in The Ocean of Forgiveness) (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• Premonition (in The Dark-Eyed Chameleon) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Reunion (in The Ocean of Forgiveness) (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• Sally's Suicide (in The Ocean of Forgiveness) (Text: Joanne Regenhardt)
• Shura (in The Palm Trees are Restless. Five Poems of Kate Gale) (Text: Kate Gale)
• The benediction (Text: Mark Abel)
• The burned horizon (in The Dark-Eyed Chameleon) (Text: Mark Abel)
• The great divorce (in The Palm Trees are Restless. Five Poems of Kate Gale) (Text: Kate Gale)
• The guest (in Rainbow Songs) (Text: Mark Abel)
• The Invocation (Text: Mark Abel)
• The Long Goodbye (in In the Rear View Mirror, Now) (Text: Mark Abel)
• The Nature of Friendship (in In the Rear View Mirror, Now) (Text: Mark Abel)
• The storm drain (in The Palm Trees are Restless. Five Poems of Kate Gale) (Text: Kate Gale)
• The World Clock (in In the Rear View Mirror, Now) (Text: Mark Abel)
• Those who loved Medusa (Text: Kate Gale)
• Todd (Taft) (in The Dream Gallery) (Text: Mark Abel)
• You darkness, that I come from (in Five Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke) (Text: Robert Bly after Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• Your girl (in The Dark-Eyed Chameleon) (Text: Mark Abel)

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Last update: 2021-04-04 22:03:32