Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by S. Ebel

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• As I walk from her grave
• no. 1. Burying my mother (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• no. 2. Homeplace (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• no. 3. Most of the time (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• no. 4. To her (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• no. 5. The first warm day (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• no. 6. Remodeling (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• Cycle eternal (Ewiger Kreislauf, translated by Bertram Kottmann) GER
• no. 1. Self knowledge (Text: Khalil Gibran) GER
• no. 2. Pain (Text: Khalil Gibran) GER
• no. 3. Death (Text: Khalil Gibran) GER
• Der Schatzgräber
• no. 1. Die Stunde (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE
• no. 2. Wie keiner (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• no. 3. Gebet (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 4. Schwingen (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 5. Brich ein (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)
• no. 1. Schicksale sind (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 2. Alles Gefühl (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 3. Und wieder rauscht (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ITA
• no. 4. Andere müssen (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• no. 5. Ich sprach von Dir (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 6. Klage (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• no. 7. Reich mir Musik (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 8. Nacht, stille Nacht (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 9. Epilogue (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Die Welt des Mondes
• no. 1. Vergiß, vergiß und laß uns jetzt nur dies (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 2. Ach, da wir Hülfe von Menschen erharrten: steigen (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 3. Mondnacht (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Divan songs
• no. 1. Bulbuls Nachtlied (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ENG
• no. 2. Drei Sprüche [multi-text setting]
• no. 3. Die beiden Welten (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
• Irish Lullabies
• no. 1. Heavens' cloths (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE GER HUN
• no. 2. An angel's lullaby (Text: William Butler Yeats) ITA
• no. 3. Come away! (Text: William Butler Yeats)
• no. 4. An old song (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
• Look out
• no. 1. Whatever happens (1998 I) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 2. This is the time you’d like to stay (1998 II) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 3. What I fear most (1998 IX) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 4. A mind that has confronted ruin (2001 V) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 5. This, then, is to be the way (2003 VII) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 6. I dream (1999 II ) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 7. The yellow-throated warbler (2003 VI, for Jonathan Williams) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 8. Look out (2003 III) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 9. But do the Lords of War (2003 X) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 10. It takes all time (2004 VIII) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• Ringelnätze
• no. 1. Kasperlelied (Text: Hans Bötticher , as Joachim Ringelnatz)
• no. 2. Schenken (Text: Hans Bötticher , as Joachim Ringelnatz) ENG
• no. 3. Bumerang (Text: Hans Bötticher , as Joachim Ringelnatz) ENG
• The only word
• no. 1. 1987, II (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 2. 1988, IV (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 3. 1990, V (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 4. 1993, IV (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• no. 5. 1999, II (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• 1987, II (in The only word) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• 1988, IV (in The only word) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• 1990, V (in The only word) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• 1993, IV (in The only word) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• 1999, II (in The only word) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• Ach, da wir Hülfe von Menschen erharrten: steigen (in Die Welt des Mondes) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Alles Gefühl (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• A mind that has confronted ruin (2001 V) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• An angel's lullaby (in Irish Lullabies) (Text: William Butler Yeats) ITA
• Andere müssen (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• An old song (in Irish Lullabies) (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
• Brich ein (in Der Schatzgräber) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• Bulbuls Nachtlied (in Divan songs) (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ENG
• Bumerang (in Ringelnätze) (Text: Hans Bötticher , as Joachim Ringelnatz) ENG
• Burying my mother (in As I walk from her grave) (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• But do the Lords of War (2003 X) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• Cadillac rain (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) [x]*
• Come away! (in Irish Lullabies) (Text: William Butler Yeats)
• Contrition (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Death (in Cycle eternal) (Text: Khalil Gibran) GER
• Die beiden Welten (in Divan songs) (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
• Die Stunde (in Der Schatzgräber) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE
• Drei Sprüche [multi-text setting] (in Divan songs)
• Epilogue (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Gebet (in Der Schatzgräber) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Heavens' cloths (in Irish Lullabies) (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE GER HUN
• Homeplace (in As I walk from her grave) (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• Ich sprach von Dir (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• I dream (1999 II ) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• It takes all time (2004 VIII) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• Kasperlelied (in Ringelnätze) (Text: Hans Bötticher , as Joachim Ringelnatz)
• Klage (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• Look out (2003 III) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• Mondnacht (in Die Welt des Mondes) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Most of the time (in As I walk from her grave) (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• My shy one (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE IRI
• Nacht, stille Nacht (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Pain (in Cycle eternal) (Text: Khalil Gibran) GER
• Reich mir Musik (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Remodeling (in As I walk from her grave) (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• Schenken (in Ringelnätze) (Text: Hans Bötticher , as Joachim Ringelnatz) ENG
• Schicksale sind (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Schwingen (in Der Schatzgräber) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Self knowledge (in Cycle eternal) (Text: Khalil Gibran) GER
• The first warm day (in As I walk from her grave) (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• The fool's air and prophecy [multi-text setting] FRE FIN
• The privilege of art (Text: Ralph Waldo Emerson)
• The yellow-throated warbler (2003 VI, for Jonathan Williams) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• This is the time you’d like to stay (1998 II) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• This, then, is to be the way (2003 VII) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• To her (in As I walk from her grave) (Text: Jo McDougall) *
• Und wieder rauscht (in Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters)) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ITA
• Vergiß, vergiß und laß uns jetzt nur dies (in Die Welt des Mondes) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Whatever happens (1998 I) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• What I fear most (1998 IX) (in Look out) (Text: Wendell Berry) [x]*
• Wie keiner (in Der Schatzgräber) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
• With fairest flowers (Text: William Shakespeare)

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