Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by L. Uyeda

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Leslie Uyeda

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

Midnight Watch

no. 1. Owl’s take on Man (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 2. Crow’s take on Man (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 3. Midnight watch (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

Minerals from Stone

no. 1. Minerals from stone (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
no. 2. Breezes (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
no. 3. For a blank book (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*

Offerings

no. 1. As though it were the earth (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
no. 2. Dance lesson (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
no. 3. Offerings (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*

One Willow Grows

no. 1. One willow grows (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 2. For the child who is scared of the dark (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 3. Solitude (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

Our Lost Hearts

no. 1. Lost (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
no. 2. Little girl (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
no. 3. Hearts (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
no. 4. Scary weather (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
no. 5. Without (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
no. 6. Cabin fever (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
no. 7. Peace (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*

Plato's Angel

no. 1. Plato's angel (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 2. Angel of roses (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 3. Twilight's angel (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 4. Angel of the moon (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

Sakura Songs, Volume I - Five Haiku Songs

no. 1. waking in spring (Text: Leslie Uyeda) [x]*
no. 2. driving slowly (Text: Jennifer Danielson) [x]*
no. 3. frog chorus (Text: Elehna de Sousa) [x]*
no. 4. my old cat (Text: Blaine Weiss) [x]*
no. 5. delicate dance (Text: Tracey Conley) [x]*

Sakura Songs Volume II - Four Haiku Songs

no. 1. cherry blossoms (Text: Trish Shields) [x]*
no. 2. in a gust of petals (Text: Lin Geary) [x]*
no. 3. for the dolls’ tea (Text: Cheryl Ashley) [x]*
no. 4. snowing in spring (Text: Alicia Chung) [x]*

Stations of Angels

no. 1. Zen Graveyard (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
no. 1. White cat blues (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 2. Stations of Angels (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) *
no. 2. The colour blue (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 3. Shadow (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

The First Woman

no. 1. The first woman (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 2. The fall of Eve (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 3. Dinah, Jacob’s daughter (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 4. Who is she, then? (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume I

no. 1. Carrots (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
no. 2. Onions (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
no. 3. Artichokes (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 4. Peas (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 5. Radishes (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume II

no. 1. Scarlet runner beans (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 2. Lettuce (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
no. 3. Potatoes (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 4. Watermelons (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 5. Pumpkins (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume III

no. 1. Cauliflower (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
no. 2. Zucchini (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 3. Yams (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
no. 4. Cabbages (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
no. 5. Tomatoes (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

Three Canadian Folksongs

no. 1. The Grand Hotel (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
no. 2. À la claire fontaine (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
no. 3. If you will come and dance with me (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

À la claire fontaine (in Three Canadian Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
And love says (Text: Daniel Ladinsky after Hafis ) *
Angel of roses (in Plato's Angel) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Angel of the moon (in Plato's Angel) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Anniversary toast (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Artichokes (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume I) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
As though it were the earth (in Offerings) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
Blue house (Text: Rachel Rose) [x]*
Breezes (in Minerals from Stone) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
Cabbages (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume III) (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
Cabin fever (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Carrots (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume I) (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
Cauliflower (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume III) (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
cherry blossoms (in Sakura Songs Volume II - Four Haiku Songs) (Text: Trish Shields) [x]*
Crow’s take on Man (in Midnight Watch) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Dance lesson (in Offerings) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
delicate dance (in Sakura Songs, Volume I - Five Haiku Songs) (Text: Tracey Conley) [x]*
Dinah, Jacob’s daughter (in The First Woman) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
driving slowly (in Sakura Songs, Volume I - Five Haiku Songs) (Text: Jennifer Danielson) [x]*
Flower arranger (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
For a blank book (in Minerals from Stone) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
For the child who is scared of the dark (in One Willow Grows) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
for the dolls’ tea (in Sakura Songs Volume II - Four Haiku Songs) (Text: Cheryl Ashley) [x]*
Fresh snow (Text: Sheila Rosen) [x]*
frog chorus (in Sakura Songs, Volume I - Five Haiku Songs) (Text: Elehna de Sousa) [x]*
Hearts (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
If you will come and dance with me (in Three Canadian Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
in a gust of petals (in Sakura Songs Volume II - Four Haiku Songs) (Text: Lin Geary) [x]*
Lettuce (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume II) (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
Little girl (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Lost (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Midnight watch (in Midnight Watch) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Minerals from stone (in Minerals from Stone) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
Mother and I, walking (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
my old cat (in Sakura Songs, Volume I - Five Haiku Songs) (Text: Blaine Weiss) [x]*
Offerings (in Offerings) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
One willow grows (in One Willow Grows) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Onions (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume I) (Text: Lorna Crozier) *
Oracle stones (Text: Susan Ioannou) [x]*
Owl’s take on Man (in Midnight Watch) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Peace (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Peas (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume I) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Plato's angel (in Plato's Angel) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Potatoes (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume II) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Pumpkins (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume II) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Radishes (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume I) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Scarlet runner beans (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume II) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Scary weather (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Shadow (in Stations of Angels) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
snowing in spring (in Sakura Songs Volume II - Four Haiku Songs) (Text: Alicia Chung) [x]*
Solitude (in One Willow Grows) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Stations of Angels (in Stations of Angels) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) *
The colour blue (in Stations of Angels) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
The fall of Eve (in The First Woman) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
The first woman (in The First Woman) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
The Grand Hotel (in Three Canadian Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
The great sea (Text: Jane Hirshfield after Uvavnuk) [x]*
Tomatoes (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume III) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Twilight's angel (in Plato's Angel) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
waking in spring (in Sakura Songs, Volume I - Five Haiku Songs) (Text: Leslie Uyeda) [x]*
Watermelons (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume II) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Whales (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
What we heard about death (Text: Rachel Rose) [x]*
White cat blues (in Stations of Angels) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Who is she, then? (in The First Woman) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Without (in Our Lost Hearts) (Text: Brenda Brooks) [x]*
Yams (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume III) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*
Zen Graveyard (in Stations of Angels) (Text: Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC ) [x]*
Zucchini (in The Sex Lives of Vegetables, Volume III) (Text: Lorna Crozier) [x]*

Last update: 2023-05-11 00:17:40