Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by G. Crumb
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Ancient Voices of Children
- no. 1. El niño busca su voz (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE FRE
- no. 2. Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 3. De dónde vienes, amor, mi niño? (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 4. Todas las tardes en Granada (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- no. 5. Cantan los niños (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises
- no. 1. The night in silence under many a star (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- no. 2. When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- no. 3. Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- no. 4. Approach Strong Deliveress! (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- no. 5. Come lovely and soothing death (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- no. 6. The night in silence under many a star (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- Madrigals, Book I (Madrigaux, livre I, translated by Guy Laffaille) FRE
- no. 1. Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 2. No piensan en la lluvia y se han dormido (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 3. Los muertos llevan alas de musgo (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- Madrigals, Book II
- no. 1. Bebe el agua tranquila de la canción añeja (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 2. La muerte entra y sale de la taberna (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
- no. 3. Caballito negro (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Madrigals, Book III
- no. 1. La noche canta desnuda sobre los puentes de marzo (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 2. Quiero dormir el sueño de las manzanas (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 3. Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que no quiso el agua (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Madrigals, Book IV
- no. 1. Por qué nací entre espejos? (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 2. Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- no. 3. La muerte me está mirando (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER IRI
- Night Music I
- no. 1. Notturno I
- no. 2. Notturno II
- no. 3. La luna asoma (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
- no. 4. Notturno IV
- no. 5. Gacela de la terrible presencia (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 6. Notturno VI
- no. 7. Notturno VII
- Night of the Four Moons (Nuit des quatre lunes) FRE
- no. 1. La luna está muerta (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 2. Cuando sale la luna (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
- no. 3. Otro Adán oscuro está soñando (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- no. 4. Huye luna, luna, luna (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE FRE GER RUS
- The Ghosts of Alhambra
- no. 1. Alba (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- no. 2. Las seis cuerdas (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG
- no. 3. Danza (Text: Federico García Lorca)
- no. 4. Paisaje (Text: Federico García Lorca) RUS
- no. 5. ¡Ay! (Text: Federico García Lorca)
- no. 6. Malagueña (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
- Three Early Songs
- no. 1. Night (Text: Robert Southey) FRE SPA
- no. 2. Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- no. 3. Wind Elegy (W.E.W.) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V
- no. 1. Bringing in the sheaves (Text: Knowles Shaw)
- no. 2. Somebody Got Lost in a Storm
- no. 3. The House of the Rising Sun
- no. 4. Hallelujah, I'm a bum!
- no. 5. I wonder as I wander (Text: John Jacob Niles) FRE FRE
- no. 6. Song of the Thunder (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder ) ⊗
- no. 7. 'Tis the Gift to be Simple (Text: Joseph Brackett, Elder) CHI
- no. 8. Beautiful Dreamer (Text: Stephen Collins Foster) CHI
- no. 9. Firefly Song (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder ) ⊗
- no. 10. The Demon Lover
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- Alba (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- Approach Strong Deliveress! (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- ¡Ay! (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca)
- Beautiful Dreamer (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Stephen Collins Foster) CHI
- Bebe el agua tranquila de la canción añeja (in Madrigals, Book II) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Cantan los niños (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Bringing in the sheaves (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Knowles Shaw)
- Caballito negro (in Madrigals, Book II) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Come lovely and soothing death (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- Cuando sale la luna (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
- Danza (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca)
- Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- De dónde vienes, amor, mi niño? (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- El niño busca su voz (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE FRE
- Firefly Song (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder ) ⊗
- Gacela de la terrible presencia (in Night Music I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Hallelujah, I'm a bum! (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
- Huye luna, luna, luna (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE FRE GER RUS
- In the Forest of Clocks (Text: Jerome Rothenberg after Federico García Lorca) * FRE
- I wonder as I wander (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: John Jacob Niles) FRE FRE
- La luna asoma (in Night Music I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG ENG FRE GER
- La luna está muerta (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- La muerte entra y sale de la taberna (in Madrigals, Book II) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
- La muerte me está mirando (in Madrigals, Book IV) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER IRI
- La noche canta desnuda sobre los puentes de marzo (in Madrigals, Book III) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Las seis cuerdas (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG
- Let it be forgotten (in Three Early Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- Los muertos llevan alas de musgo (in Madrigals, Book I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- Malagueña (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE GER GER RUS
- Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que no quiso el agua (in Madrigals, Book III) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Night (in Three Early Songs) (Text: Robert Southey) FRE SPA
- No piensan en la lluvia y se han dormido (in Madrigals, Book I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Notturno I (in Night Music I)
- Notturno II (in Night Music I)
- Notturno IV (in Night Music I)
- Notturno VI (in Night Music I)
- Notturno VII (in Night Music I)
- Otro Adán oscuro está soñando (in Night of the Four Moons) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Paisaje (in The Ghosts of Alhambra) (Text: Federico García Lorca) RUS
- Pause of the Clock (Text: Stanley Read after Federico García Lorca) * FRE
- Por qué nací entre espejos? (in Madrigals, Book IV) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Quiero dormir el sueño de las manzanas (in Madrigals, Book III) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- Somebody Got Lost in a Storm (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
- Song of the Thunder (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder ) ⊗
- The Demon Lover (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
- The House of the Rising Sun (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V)
- The night in silence under many a star (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- The night in silence under many a star (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- The Sleeper (Text: Edgar Allan Poe) CZE FRE
- 'Tis the Gift to be Simple (in Voices from a Forgotten World: American Songbook V) (Text: Joseph Brackett, Elder) CHI
- Todas las tardes en Granada (in Ancient Voices of Children) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos (in Madrigals, Book IV) (Text: Federico García Lorca) ENG FRE
- Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra (in Madrigals, Book I) (Text: Federico García Lorca) FRE
- When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (in Apparition - Elegiac Songs and Vocalises) (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
- Wind Elegy (W.E.W.) (in Three Early Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
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