Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by M. Ippolito

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Michael Ippolito (b. 1985)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

3 Mushroom Haiku

no. 2. Dear children (Text: Anonymous after Kobayashi Issa)
no. 3. A mushroom lives a thousand years (Text: Anonymous after Den Sutejo)

Ænigmata

no. 1. Echo (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
no. 2. speculum (mirror) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
no. 3. mola / mula (mill / mule) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
no. 4. clepsydra (water clock) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
no. 5. rotae (wheels) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
no. 6. somnus (sleep) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG

Moonsongs

no. 1. I Sang (Text: Carl Sandburg)
no. 2. Flux (Text: Carl Sandburg)
no. 3. Whitelight (Text: Carl Sandburg)
no. 4. Dunes (Text: Carl Sandburg)
no. 5. Swirl (Text: Carl Sandburg)
no. 6. Night Stuff (Text: Carl Sandburg)
no. 7. Moonset (Text: Carl Sandburg)

Peacock Presumes to Die!

no. 1. I breathed enough to take the Trick— (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 2. This is the land the sunset washes (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 3. How soft a Caterpillar steps (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 4. I reason, Earth is short — (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 5. To die — takes just a little while — (Text: Emily Dickinson)

Six Sassoon Songs

no. 1. Aftermath (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 2. I stood with the dead (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 3. Suicide in the trenches (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 4. Does it matter? (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
no. 5. Aftermath (reprise) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 6. Slumber song (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)

Songbook of the War

no. 1. Prologue
no. 2. Aftermath (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 3. France (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
no. 4. I Stood with the Dead (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 5. How to Die (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
no. 6. Base Details (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
no. 7. Suicide in the trenches (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
no. 8. Hero (from Glory of Women and Hero) [multi-text setting]
no. 9. Does it Matter? (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
no. 10. Song-Books of the War (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
no. 11. Epilogue (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE

Vanitas

no. 1. First Fig (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay) GER
no. 2. Luna Moth (Text: Cecily Parks) *
no. 3. A Clock Stopped (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 4. The Sun-Dial (Text: Adelaide Crapsey)
no. 5. A Feather (Text: Gertrude Stein)
no. 6. Night (Text: Hilda Doolittle)
no. 7. The Immortal Residue (Text: Adelaide Crapsey)

Walt Whitman's Notebook

no. 1. Make no puns (Text: Walt Whitman)
no. 2. George Walker (Text: Walt Whitman)
no. 3. Gentlemen, I will be very (Text: Walt Whitman)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

A Clock Stopped (in Vanitas) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
A Feather (in Vanitas) (Text: Gertrude Stein)
Aftermath (reprise) (in Six Sassoon Songs) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
Aftermath (in Six Sassoon Songs) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
Aftermath (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
A mushroom lives a thousand years (in 3 Mushroom Haiku) (Text: Anonymous after Den Sutejo)
Base Details (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
clepsydra (water clock) (in Ænigmata) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
Dear children (in 3 Mushroom Haiku) (Text: Anonymous after Kobayashi Issa)
Does it matter? (in Six Sassoon Songs) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
Does it Matter? (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
Dunes (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
Echo (in Ænigmata) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
Epilogue (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
First Fig (in Vanitas) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay) GER
Flux (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
France (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
Gentlemen, I will be very (in Walt Whitman's Notebook) (Text: Walt Whitman)
George Walker (in Walt Whitman's Notebook) (Text: Walt Whitman)
Hero (from Glory of Women and Hero) [multi-text setting] (in Songbook of the War)
How soft a Caterpillar steps (in Peacock Presumes to Die!) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
How to Die (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
I breathed enough to take the Trick— (in Peacock Presumes to Die!) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
I reason, Earth is short — (in Peacock Presumes to Die!) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
I Sang (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
I Stood with the Dead (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
I stood with the dead (in Six Sassoon Songs) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
Luna Moth (in Vanitas) (Text: Cecily Parks) *
Make no puns (in Walt Whitman's Notebook) (Text: Walt Whitman)
mola / mula (mill / mule) (in Ænigmata) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
Monotone (Text: Carl Sandburg)
Moonset (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
Night Stuff (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
Night (in Vanitas) (Text: Hilda Doolittle)
Prologue (in Songbook of the War)
rotae (wheels) (in Ænigmata) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
Slumber song (in Six Sassoon Songs) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
somnus (sleep) (in Ænigmata) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
Song-Books of the War (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon)
speculum (mirror) (in Ænigmata) (Text: Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) ENG
Suicide in the trenches (in Six Sassoon Songs) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
Suicide in the trenches (in Songbook of the War) (Text: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon) FRE
Swirl (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)
The Immortal Residue (in Vanitas) (Text: Adelaide Crapsey)
The Sun-Dial (in Vanitas) (Text: Adelaide Crapsey)
This is the land the sunset washes (in Peacock Presumes to Die!) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
To die — takes just a little while — (in Peacock Presumes to Die!) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
Whitelight (in Moonsongs) (Text: Carl Sandburg)

Last update: 2022-05-16 20:53:06