Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by B. Holmes
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Amherst Requiem (Amherst Requiem, translated by Bertram Kottmann) GER
- no. 1. What inn is this (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 2. Safe in their alabaster chambers (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 3. I heard a fly buzz when I died (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 4. Abraham to kill him (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- no. 5. What is -- "Paradise" (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 6. Ample make this bed (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
- no. 7. Behind Me -- dips Eternity (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 8. I shall keep singing! (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 9. Tie the strings to my life, my Lord (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- Death's Jest-Book
- no. 1. Dirge (If thou wilt ease thine heart) (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes) CAT
- no. 2. Dream-pedlary (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- no. 3. Old Adam, the Carrion Crow (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- no. 4. The Phantom-Wooer (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- Emily's Day
- no. 1. Will there really be a morning? (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- no. 2. The robin is the one (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE
- no. 3. I'm nobody! (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
- no. 4. A narrow fellow in the grass (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 5. Some keep the Sabbath going to church (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- no. 6. The crickets sang (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- Six Ayres
- no. 1. I care not for these Ladies (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT FRI
- no. 2. When to her lute Corrina sings (Text: Thomas Campion)
- no. 3. There is a garden in her face (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT
- no. 4. Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air (Text: Thomas Campion)
- no. 5. Come, O come, my life's delight (Text: Thomas Campion) FRE
- no. 6. Now winter nights enlarge (Text: Thomas Campion)
- Six Lullabies
- no. 1. Chipmunk, chipmunk (Text: Mark van Doren)
- no. 2. Down dip the branches (Text: Mark van Doren)
- no. 3. Where did he run to? (Text: Mark van Doren)
- no. 4. Old Ben Golliday (Text: Mark van Doren)
- no. 5. Sleep, grandmother (Text: Mark van Doren)
- no. 6. He cut one finger (Text: Mark van Doren)
- The Trumpet and other Songs
- no. 1. The Trumpet (Text: Edward Thomas , as Edward Eastaway)
- no. 2. Fife tune (Text: John Streeter Manifold) [x]*
- no. 3. Variations for two pianos (Text: Donald Justice) [x]*
- no. 4. Allie (Text: Robert Graves)
- no. 5. To Musique, to becalme his Fever (Text: Robert Herrick)
- Three Hunting Songs
- no. 1. Hunting Song (Text: Walter Scott, Sir) GER GER GER
- no. 2. Ballad of the Foxhunter (Text: William Butler Yeats)
- no. 3. All in green went my love riding (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Updike's Science
- no. 1. Thermodynamics (Text: John Updike) *
- no. 2. Particle physics (Text: John Updike) *
- no. 3. Chemistry (Text: John Updike) *
- no. 4. Hydrodynamics (Text: John Updike) *
- no. 5. Meteorology (Text: John Updike) *
- no. 6. Biology (Text: John Updike) *
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- Abraham to kill him (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- Allie (in The Trumpet and other Songs) (Text: Robert Graves)
- All in green went my love riding (in Three Hunting Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Ample make this bed (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
- A narrow fellow in the grass (in Emily's Day) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- Ballad of the Foxhunter (in Three Hunting Songs) (Text: William Butler Yeats)
- Behind Me -- dips Eternity (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- Biology (in Updike's Science) (Text: John Updike) *
- Chemistry (in Updike's Science) (Text: John Updike) *
- Chipmunk, chipmunk (in Six Lullabies) (Text: Mark van Doren)
- Come, O come, my life's delight (in Six Ayres) (Text: Thomas Campion) FRE
- Dirge (If thou wilt ease thine heart) (in Death's Jest-Book) (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes) CAT
- Down dip the branches (in Six Lullabies) (Text: Mark van Doren)
- Dream-pedlary (in Death's Jest-Book) (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- Fife tune (in The Trumpet and other Songs) (Text: John Streeter Manifold) [x]*
- He cut one finger (in Six Lullabies) (Text: Mark van Doren)
- Hunting Song (in Three Hunting Songs) (Text: Walter Scott, Sir) GER GER GER
- Hydrodynamics (in Updike's Science) (Text: John Updike) *
- I care not for these Ladies (in Six Ayres) (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT FRI
- I heard a fly buzz when I died (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- I'm nobody! (in Emily's Day) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
- I shall keep singing! (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- Meteorology (in Updike's Science) (Text: John Updike) *
- Now winter nights enlarge (in Six Ayres) (Text: Thomas Campion)
- Old Adam, the Carrion Crow (in Death's Jest-Book) (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- Old Ben Golliday (in Six Lullabies) (Text: Mark van Doren)
- Particle physics (in Updike's Science) (Text: John Updike) *
- Safe in their alabaster chambers (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- Sleep, grandmother (in Six Lullabies) (Text: Mark van Doren)
- Some keep the Sabbath going to church (in Emily's Day) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- The crickets sang (in Emily's Day) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- The Phantom-Wooer (in Death's Jest-Book) (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- There is a garden in her face (in Six Ayres) (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT
- Thermodynamics (in Updike's Science) (Text: John Updike) *
- The robin is the one (in Emily's Day) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE
- The Trumpet (in The Trumpet and other Songs) (Text: Edward Thomas , as Edward Eastaway)
- Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air (in Six Ayres) (Text: Thomas Campion)
- Tie the strings to my life, my Lord (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- To Musique, to becalme his Fever (in The Trumpet and other Songs) (Text: Robert Herrick)
- Variations for two pianos (in The Trumpet and other Songs) (Text: Donald Justice) [x]*
- What inn is this (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- What is -- "Paradise" (in Amherst Requiem) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- When to her lute Corrina sings (in Six Ayres) (Text: Thomas Campion)
- Where did he run to? (in Six Lullabies) (Text: Mark van Doren)
- Will there really be a morning? (in Emily's Day) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
Last update: 2024-12-14 20:40:40