Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by C. Forché

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Carolyn Forché (b. 1950)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

The Blue Hour [multi-composer]

no. 1. Prologue, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 2. Opening, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 3. A black map, composed by Angélica Negrón (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 4. A Memory, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 5. A syllable, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 6. Angelica-Balefire, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 7. Canticle, composed by Angélica Negrón (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 8. Dark, composed by Angélica Negrón (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 9. Early summer's green plums, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 10. Even if by forgetting, composed by Carolyn Forché (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 11. Firmament, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 12. 1st Refrain, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 13. Ghost swift, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 14. He told her how, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 15. Her hair, composed by Angélica Negrón (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 16. I am alone, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 17. It appears to be an elegy, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 18. J'ai rêvé, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 19. Keeping a record, composed by Carolyn Forché (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 20. Library lilac, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 21. My dear, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 22. Nevertheless, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 23. Oil soap, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 24. Older than clocks, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 25. Poppy seed, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 26. She heard no one's footsteps, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 27. Tendril, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 28. 2nd Refrain, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 29. The ganglia, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 30. The hole, composed by Angélica Negrón (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 31. The name, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 32. The silence, composed by Angélica Negrón (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 33. Twirling, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 34. Vesture, vigil, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 35. We are as paper, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 36. Yet the women, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 37. You are the ghost, composed by Shara Nova (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 38. Zero, composed by Rachel Grimes (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
no. 39. 3rd Refrain, composed by Caroline Shaw (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

Even if by forgetting (in The Blue Hour) (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]
Keeping a record (in The Blue Hour) (Text: Carolyn Forché) [x]

Last update: 2026-04-26 00:13:40