Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by G. Crosse

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Gordon Crosse (b. 1937)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

3 songs to Medieval French Texts, op. 14b

no. 1. Aube (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 2. Motet One (Text: 12th century) [x]
no. 3. Motet Two (Text: 12th century) [x]

Changes - A Nocturnal Cycle, op. 17

no. 1. Sancte Thomas ora pro nobis (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 2. Prayer: The night is come (Text: Thomas Browne, Sir)
no. 3. Prayer: God be in my head, and in my understanding (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 4. Prayer: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 5. Nurse's Song: When voices of children are heard on the green (Text: William Blake)
no. 6. Bellman's Song: Along the dark and silent night (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 7. Epitaph: O mortal folk, you may behold and see (Text: Stephen Hawes) GER
no. 8. Round: Hey nonny no!
no. 9. Wake all the dead (Text: William D'Avenant, Sir)
no. 10. Like to the lightning from the sky (Text: Anonymous) [x]
no. 11. The Door of Death (Text: William Blake)
no. 12. A New Year Carol (Text: Anonymous) [x]

Four songs

no. ?. Allie (Text: Robert Graves)
no. ?. The frog prince (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
no. ?. The cool web (Text: Robert Graves) [x]*
no. ?. Vanity (Text: Robert Graves) [x]*

Meet My Folks

no. 1. Dedication (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
no. 2. Sister Jane (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
no. 3. My Grandpa (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
no. 4. My Grandma (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
no. 5. Brother Bert (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
no. 6. My Aunt (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
no. 7. My Father (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*

The New World

no. 1. It is not long (Text: Ted Hughes) *
no. 2. When the star was on her brow (Text: Ted Hughes) *
no. 3. A star stands on her forehead (Text: Ted Hughes) *
no. 4. I said goodbye to Earth (Text: Ted Hughes) *
no. 5. The street was empty (Text: Ted Hughes) *
no. 6. Where did we go? (Text: Ted Hughes) *

Voices from the Tomb, op. 36a

no. 1. A soul earthbound by the grievance of never having been important (Text: Stevie Smith)
no. 2. The Blue from Heaven (A Legend of King Arthur of Britain) (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
no. 3. Poor soul, poor girl! (A Debutante) (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
no. 4. I trod a foreign path (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
no. 5. Avondall (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
no. 6. I died for lack of company (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
no. 7. The frog prince (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]

All titles of vocal settings in Opus order

Allie (Text: Robert Graves)
A star stands on her forehead (Text: Ted Hughes) *
Brother Bert (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
Dedication (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
I said goodbye to Earth (Text: Ted Hughes) *
It is not long (Text: Ted Hughes) *
My Aunt (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
My Father (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
My Grandma (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
My Grandpa (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
Sister Jane (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
The cool web (Text: Robert Graves) [x]*
The Demon of Adachigahara (Text: Ted Hughes) [x]*
The frog prince (Text: Stevie Smith) [x]
The history of the flood (Text: John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs) [x]*
The street was empty (Text: Ted Hughes) *
Vanity (Text: Robert Graves) [x]*
When the star was on her brow (Text: Ted Hughes) *
Where did we go? (Text: Ted Hughes) *

op. 14b. 3 songs to Medieval French Texts
op. 17. Changes - A Nocturnal Cycle
op. 36a. Voices from the Tomb

Last update: 2023-02-10 18:04:02