Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by L. Laitman

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• Becoming a Redwood
• no. 1. The song (Text: Dana Gioia after Rainer Maria Rilke) * CAT FRE GER ITA ITA
• no. 2. Pentecost (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• no. 3. Curriculum vitae (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• no. 4. Becoming a redwood (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• Daughters
• no. 1. Mascot and symbol (Text: Anne Ranasinghe, née Anneliese Katz) *
• no. 2. Stella remembered (Text: Karen Gershon, née Kaethe Loewenthal) *
• no. 3. A letter to my daughter (Text: Anne Ranasinghe, née Anneliese Katz) *
• Days and Nights
• no. 1. Along with me (Text: Robert Browning)
• no. 2. They might not need me (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• no. 3. The night has a thousand eyes (Text: Francis William Bourdillon) GER RUS
• no. 4. Over the fence (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• no. 5. Song (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) GER GER GER GER ITA
• no. 6. Wild nights (Text: Emily Dickinson) CHI FRE GER GER ITA
• Five Lovers
• no. 1. On Meeting Again (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• no. 2. Lovely In His Bones (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• no. 3. This Morning (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• no. 4. Second Date (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• no. 5. July, 95 Degrees (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• Four Dickinson Songs
• no. 1. Will there really be a morning? (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
• no. 2. I'm nobody (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
• no. 3. She died (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• no. 4. If I... (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
• I Never Saw Another Butterfly
• no. 1. The butterfly (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Pavel Friedmann) ⊗*
• no. 2. Yes, that's the way things are (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Koleba ) ⊗*
• no. 3. Birdsong (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗*
• no. 4. The garden (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Franta Bass) ⊗*
• no. 5. Man proposes, God disposes (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Koleba ) ⊗*
• no. 6. The old house (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Franta Bass) ⊗*
• Living in the Body
• no. 2. Burning the Woods of My Childhood (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• no. 2. Living in the Body (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• no. 3. Not for Burning (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• no. 4. Lost at Table (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• no. 5. Bring On The Rain (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• no. 6. Crossroads (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Men With Small Heads
• no. 1. Men with small heads (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• no. 2. Refrigerator (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• no. 3. A small tin parrot pin (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• no. 4. Snake Lake (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• Mystery
• no. 1. Nightfall (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 2. Spray (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 3. The kiss (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 4. The mystery (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 5. The rose (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• Orange Afternoon Lover
• no. 1. Against Still Life (Text: Margaret Atwood) *
• no. 2. I was reading a scientific article (Text: Margaret Atwood) *
• no. 3. I am sitting on the edge (Text: Margaret Atwood) *
• Sable Pride
• no. 1. A Brown Girl Dead (Text: Countee Cullen) GER
• no. 2. Incident (Text: Countee Cullen) GER
• no. 3. Tableau (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• The blood Jet
• no. 1. Morning Song (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• no. 2. The Rival (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• no. 3. Kindness (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• no. 4. Balloons (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• The Joy of Uncreating
• no. 1. Illumination (Text: Joan Joffe Hall) *
• no. 2. The Joy of Uncreating (Text: Joan Joffe Hall) *
• The Love Poems of Marichiko
• no. 1. I sit at my desk (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• no. 2. If I thought (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• no. 3. Oh the anguish (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• no. 4. You ask me (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• no. 5. Autumn (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• no. 6. Just us (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs
• no. 1. The Metropolitan Tower (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 2. A winter night (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 3. Old tunes (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 4. The strong house (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 5. The hour (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• no. 6. To a loose woman (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• The Soul Fox
• no. 1. The man who lied (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• no. 2. Sarong song (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• no. 3. Aubade (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• no. 4. Night song (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• no. 5. The Soul Fox (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• Two William Carlos Williams Songs
• no. 1. Full Moon (Text: William Carlos Williams)
• no. 2. Light Hearted William (Text: William Carlos Williams)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• A Brown Girl Dead (in Sable Pride) (Text: Countee Cullen) GER
• Against Still Life (in Orange Afternoon Lover) (Text: Margaret Atwood) *
• A letter to my daughter (in Daughters) (Text: Anne Ranasinghe, née Anneliese Katz) *
• Along with me (in Days and Nights) (Text: Robert Browning)
• And I will bring them (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• A small tin parrot pin (in Men With Small Heads) (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• Aubade (in The Soul Fox) (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• Autumn (in The Love Poems of Marichiko) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• A winter night (in The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• Balloons (in The blood Jet) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• Becoming a redwood (in Becoming a Redwood) (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• Being happy (Text: Dana Gioia) [x]*
• Birdsong (in I Never Saw Another Butterfly) (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗*
• Bring On The Rain (in Living in the Body) (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Burning the Woods of My Childhood (in Living in the Body) (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Crossroads (in Living in the Body) (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Curriculum vitae (in Becoming a Redwood) (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• Dear future Roommate (Text: Mike Gioia) *
• Echo (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) GER
• Full Moon (in Two William Carlos Williams Songs) (Text: William Carlos Williams)
• I am in need of music (Text: Elizabeth Bishop) *
• I am sitting on the edge (in Orange Afternoon Lover) (Text: Margaret Atwood) *
• If I thought (in The Love Poems of Marichiko) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• If I... (in Four Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
• Illumination (in The Joy of Uncreating) (Text: Joan Joffe Hall) *
• I'm nobody (in Four Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
• Incident (in Sable Pride) (Text: Countee Cullen) GER
• I sit at my desk (in The Love Poems of Marichiko) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• I was reading a scientific article (in Orange Afternoon Lover) (Text: Margaret Atwood) *
• July, 95 Degrees (in Five Lovers) (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• Just us (in The Love Poems of Marichiko) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• Kindness (in The blood Jet) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• Light Hearted William (in Two William Carlos Williams Songs) (Text: William Carlos Williams)
• Living in the Body (in Living in the Body) (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Lost at Table (in Living in the Body) (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Lovely In His Bones (in Five Lovers) (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• Man proposes, God disposes (in I Never Saw Another Butterfly) (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Koleba ) ⊗*
• Mascot and symbol (in Daughters) (Text: Anne Ranasinghe, née Anneliese Katz) *
• Men with small heads (in Men With Small Heads) (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• Morning Song (in The blood Jet) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• Nightfall (in Mystery) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• Night song (in The Soul Fox) (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• Not for Burning (in Living in the Body) (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Oh the anguish (in The Love Poems of Marichiko) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *
• Old tunes (in The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• On Meeting Again (in Five Lovers) (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• Over the fence (in Days and Nights) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• Pentecost (in Becoming a Redwood) (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• Refrigerator (in Men With Small Heads) (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• Sarong song (in The Soul Fox) (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• Second Date (in Five Lovers) (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• She died (in Four Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• Snake Lake (in Men With Small Heads) (Text: Thomas Lux) *
• Song (in Days and Nights) (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) GER GER GER GER ITA
• Spray (in Mystery) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• Stella remembered (in Daughters) (Text: Karen Gershon, née Kaethe Loewenthal) *
• Tableau (in Sable Pride) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• The apple orchard (Text: Dana Gioia) *
• The Ballad Singer (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• The butterfly (in I Never Saw Another Butterfly) (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Pavel Friedmann) ⊗*
• The garden (in I Never Saw Another Butterfly) (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Franta Bass) ⊗*
• The hour (in The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• The Joy of Uncreating (in The Joy of Uncreating) (Text: Joan Joffe Hall) *
• The kiss (in Mystery) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• The man who lied (in The Soul Fox) (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• The Metropolitan Tower (in The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• The mystery (in Mystery) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• The night has a thousand eyes (in Days and Nights) (Text: Francis William Bourdillon) GER RUS
• The old house (in I Never Saw Another Butterfly) (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Franta Bass) ⊗*
• The Rival (in The blood Jet) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
• The rose (in Mystery) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• The silver Swan (Text: Anonymous) FRE GER
• The song (in Becoming a Redwood) (Text: Dana Gioia after Rainer Maria Rilke) * CAT FRE GER ITA ITA
• The Soul Fox (in The Soul Fox) (Text: David Mason) [x]*
• The strong house (in The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• They might not need me (in Days and Nights) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• This Morning (in Five Lovers) (Text: Jāma Jandroković) *
• To a loose woman (in The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
• Todesfuge (Text: John Felstiner after Paul Antschel)
• What you wanted (Text: Joyce Sutphen) *
• Wild nights (in Days and Nights) (Text: Emily Dickinson) CHI FRE GER GER ITA
• Will there really be a morning? (in Four Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
• Yes, that's the way things are (in I Never Saw Another Butterfly) (Text: Jeanne Němcová after Koleba ) ⊗*
• You ask me (in The Love Poems of Marichiko) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth) *

Last update: 2025-09-15 04:02:13