Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by H. Birtwistle

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• Bogenstrich
• no. 1. Liebes-Lied 1 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA ITA
• no. 2. Lied ohne Worte
• no. 3. Variationen
• no. 4. Wie eine Fuge
• no. 5. Liebes-Lied 2 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA ITA
• Orpheus elegies
• no. 1. Elegy 1, Sonnet I, 1 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE FRE
• no. 2. Elegy 3, Sonnet I, 21 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• no. 3. Elegy 4, Sonnet I, 22 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• no. 4. Elegy 14, Sonnet I, 19 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS
• no. 5. Elegy 2, Sonnet I, 17 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 6. Elegy 6, Sonnet I, 4 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE
• no. 7. Elegy 8, Sonnet I, 18 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 8. Elegy 11, Sonnet I, 9 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• no. 9. Elegy 10, Sonnet I, 25 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 10. Elegy 26, Sonnet II, 29 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE RUS
• no. 11. Elegy 15, Sonnet I, 2 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE RUS
• no. 12. Elegy 18, Sonnet II, 18 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 13. Elegy 5, Sonnet I, 12 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 14. Elegy 13, Sonnet I, 8 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• no. 15. Elegy 21, Sonnet II, 28 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 16. Elegy 12, Sonnet I, 5 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG FRE
• no. 17. Elegy 17, Sonnet I, 6 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• no. 18. Elegy 7, Sonnet I, 7 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 19. Elegy 22, Sonnet II, 29 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE RUS
• no. 20. Elegy 25, Sonnet II, 27 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• no. 21. Elegy 23, Sonnet II, 26 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG
• no. 22. Elegy 9, Sonnet I, 15 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• no. 23. Elegy 24, Sonnet II, 1 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• no. 24. Elegy 16, Sonnet II, 13 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• no. 25. Elegy 20, Sonnet I, 26 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE
• no. 26. Elegy 19, Sonnet I, 20 (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) RUS
• Settings of Lorine Niedecker 10-12
• no. 1. X (Text: Lorine Faith Niedecker)
• Songs by Myself
• no. 1. O light set the flame in amber... (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• no. 2. I lean against a shade... (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• no. 3. Cold statements... (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• no. 4. Steps... (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• no. 5. This silence before light (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• Three Settings of Celan
• no. 1. White and light (Text: Michael Hamburger after Paul Antschel) *
• no. 2. Night (Text: Michael Hamburger after Paul Antschel) *
• no. 3. Tenebrae (Text: Michael Hamburger after Paul Antschel) *
• Three songs from The Holy Forest
• no. 1. The Literalist (Text: Robin Blaser) *
• no. 2. dear dusty moth (Text: Robin Blaser) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• An die Musik (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ITA
• Cold statements... (in Songs by Myself) (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• dear dusty moth (in Three songs from The Holy Forest) (Text: Robin Blaser) [x]*
• Elegy 10, Sonnet I, 25 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 11, Sonnet I, 9 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• Elegy 12, Sonnet I, 5 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG FRE
• Elegy 13, Sonnet I, 8 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• Elegy 14, Sonnet I, 19 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS
• Elegy 15, Sonnet I, 2 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE RUS
• Elegy 16, Sonnet II, 13 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• Elegy 17, Sonnet I, 6 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• Elegy 18, Sonnet II, 18 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 19, Sonnet I, 20 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) RUS
• Elegy 1, Sonnet I, 1 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE FRE
• Elegy 20, Sonnet I, 26 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE
• Elegy 21, Sonnet II, 28 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 22, Sonnet II, 29 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE RUS
• Elegy 23, Sonnet II, 26 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG
• Elegy 24, Sonnet II, 1 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• Elegy 25, Sonnet II, 27 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 26, Sonnet II, 29 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG FRE RUS
• Elegy 2, Sonnet I, 17 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 3, Sonnet I, 21 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• Elegy 4, Sonnet I, 22 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG FRE
• Elegy 5, Sonnet I, 12 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 6, Sonnet I, 4 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE
• Elegy 7, Sonnet I, 7 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 8, Sonnet I, 18 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
• Elegy 9, Sonnet I, 15 (in Orpheus elegies) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
• I lean against a shade... (in Songs by Myself) (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• Liebes-Lied 1 (in Bogenstrich) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA ITA
• Liebes-Lied 2 (in Bogenstrich) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA ITA
• Lied ohne Worte (in Bogenstrich)
• Night (in Three Settings of Celan) (Text: Michael Hamburger after Paul Antschel) *
• O light set the flame in amber... (in Songs by Myself) (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• Steps... (in Songs by Myself) (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• Tenebrae (in Three Settings of Celan) (Text: Michael Hamburger after Paul Antschel) *
• The Literalist (in Three songs from The Holy Forest) (Text: Robin Blaser) *
• The Sadness of Komachi (Text: Royall Tyler) *
• This silence before light (in Songs by Myself) (Text: Harrison Birtwistle, Sir) *
• Variationen (in Bogenstrich)
• …when falling asleep (Text: Albert Ernest Flemming after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE RUS RUS
• White and light (in Three Settings of Celan) (Text: Michael Hamburger after Paul Antschel) *
• Wie eine Fuge (in Bogenstrich)
• X (in Settings of Lorine Niedecker 10-12) (Text: Lorine Faith Niedecker)

Last update: 2024-05-09 23:20:41