Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by L. Liebermann

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Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

A Poet to His Beloved, op. 40

no. 1. A poet to his beloved (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
no. 2. He Remembers Forgotten Beauty (Text: William Butler Yeats)
no. 3. He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
no. 4. He Thinks Of His Past Greatness When A Part Of The Constellations Of Heaven (Text: William Butler Yeats)
no. 5. He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead (Text: William Butler Yeats)
no. 6. He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE GER HUN

Final Songs, op. 21

no. 1. When death comes and whispers to me (Text: Rabindranath Tagore)
no. 2. Many red devils ran from my heart (Text: Stephen Crane)
no. 3. Death by Drums (Text: Robert Graves) *
no. 4. Listening to Comrade Shostakovich on the Day of His Death (Text: Rod Jellema) [x]*
no. 5. Farewell Symphony (Text: Randall Jarrell) [x]*
no. 6. There was a man with tongue of wood (Text: Stephen Crane)

Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer, op. 135

no. 1. Lake-Song (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
no. 2. Berkshire Twilight (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
no. 3. New Tributes (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
no. 4. Mist (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
no. 5. Forget-Me-Nots (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *

Four Seasons, op. 123

no. 1. Spring (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 2. Summer (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay) [x]
no. 3. The Death of Autumn I (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 4. The Death of Autumn II (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 5. Winter (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay) [x]
no. 6. Mindful of You (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Night Songs, op. 22

no. 1. Good Night (Text: Mark van Doren) [x]*
no. 2. She tells her love while half asleep (Text: Robert Graves) *
no. 3. A Variation on 'To Say To Go To Sleep' (Text: Randall Jarrell after Rainer Maria Rilke) ⊗

Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow, op. 57

no. 1. Hymn to the Night (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
no. 2. Mezzo Cammin (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
no. 3. Snow-Flakes (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) CHI
no. 4. The Haunted Chamber (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
no. 5. Delia (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) ITA
no. 6. The Arrow And The Song (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) GER

Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver, op. 80

no. 1. Your Dog Dies (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) *
no. 2. Music (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) [x]*
no. 3. Venice (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) [x]*
no. 4. Afghanistan (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) *
no. 5. My Wife (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) [x]*
no. 6. Two Worlds (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) *

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, op. 104

no. 1. Into My Own (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 2. Blue-Butterfly Day (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 3. Now Close The Windows (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 4. Dust Of Snow (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 5. Stars (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 6. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Text: Robert Frost) GER

Three Dream Songs, op. 53

no. 1. Ardella (Text: Langston Hughes)
no. 2. Dreams (Text: Langston Hughes)
no. 3. I dream a world (Text: Langston Hughes)

Three Poems of Stephen Crane, op. 11

no. 1. Places Among the Stars (Text: Stephen Crane)
no. 2. Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground (Text: Stephen Crane)
no. 3. A row of thick pillars (Text: Stephen Crane)

Two Songs on Poems of Anthony Hecht, op. 86

no. 1. The Darkness and the Light Are Both Alike to Thee (Text: Anthony Evan Hecht) *
no. 2. Tarantula, or The Dance of Death (Text: Anthony Evan Hecht) *

War Songs, op. 7

no. 1. The Portent (Text: Herman Melville)
no. 2. Misgivings (Text: Herman Melville)
no. 3. Ball's Bluff (Text: Herman Melville)
no. 4. Shiloh (Text: Herman Melville)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

Afghanistan, op. 80 no. 4 (in Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver) (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) *
An Opera House, op. 120 (Text: Amy Lowell)
A poet to his beloved, op. 40 no. 1 (in A Poet to His Beloved) (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
Ardella, op. 53 no. 1 (in Three Dream Songs) (Text: Langston Hughes)
A row of thick pillars, op. 11 no. 3 (in Three Poems of Stephen Crane) (Text: Stephen Crane)
A Variation on 'To Say To Go To Sleep', op. 22 no. 3 (in Night Songs) (Text: Randall Jarrell after Rainer Maria Rilke) ⊗
Ball's Bluff, op. 7 no. 3 (in War Songs) (Text: Herman Melville)
Berkshire Twilight, op. 135 no. 2 (in Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer) (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
Blue-Butterfly Day, op. 104 no. 2 (in Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening) (Text: Robert Frost)
Death by Drums, op. 21 no. 3 (in Final Songs) (Text: Robert Graves) *
Delia, op. 57 no. 5 (in Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow) (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) ITA
Dreams, op. 53 no. 2 (in Three Dream Songs) (Text: Langston Hughes)
Dust Of Snow, op. 104 no. 4 (in Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening) (Text: Robert Frost)
Farewell Symphony, op. 21 no. 5 (in Final Songs) (Text: Randall Jarrell) [x]*
Forget-Me-Nots, op. 135 no. 5 (in Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer) (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground, op. 11 no. 2 (in Three Poems of Stephen Crane) (Text: Stephen Crane)
Good Night, op. 22 no. 1 (in Night Songs) (Text: Mark van Doren) [x]*
He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge, op. 40 no. 3 (in A Poet to His Beloved) (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
He Remembers Forgotten Beauty, op. 40 no. 2 (in A Poet to His Beloved) (Text: William Butler Yeats)
He Thinks Of His Past Greatness When A Part Of The Constellations Of Heaven, op. 40 no. 4 (in A Poet to His Beloved) (Text: William Butler Yeats)
He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven, op. 40 no. 6 (in A Poet to His Beloved) (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE GER HUN
He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead, op. 40 no. 5 (in A Poet to His Beloved) (Text: William Butler Yeats)
Hymn to the Night, op. 57 no. 1 (in Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow) (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
I dream a world, op. 53 no. 3 (in Three Dream Songs) (Text: Langston Hughes)
Into My Own, op. 104 no. 1 (in Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening) (Text: Robert Frost)
Lake-Song, op. 135 no. 1 (in Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer) (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
Listening to Comrade Shostakovich on the Day of His Death, op. 21 no. 4 (in Final Songs) (Text: Rod Jellema) [x]*
Many red devils ran from my heart, op. 21 no. 2 (in Final Songs) (Text: Stephen Crane)
Mezzo Cammin, op. 57 no. 2 (in Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow) (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Mindful of You, op. 123 no. 6 (in Four Seasons) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Misgivings, op. 7 no. 2 (in War Songs) (Text: Herman Melville)
Mist, op. 135 no. 4 (in Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer) (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
Music, op. 80 no. 2 (in Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver) (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) [x]*
My Wife, op. 80 no. 5 (in Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver) (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) [x]*
New Tributes, op. 135 no. 3 (in Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer) (Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer) *
Now Close The Windows, op. 104 no. 3 (in Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening) (Text: Robert Frost)
On the Beach at Night, op. 78 (Text: Walt Whitman)
Places Among the Stars, op. 11 no. 1 (in Three Poems of Stephen Crane) (Text: Stephen Crane)
She tells her love while half asleep, op. 22 no. 2 (in Night Songs) (Text: Robert Graves) *
Shiloh, op. 7 no. 4 (in War Songs) (Text: Herman Melville)
Snow-Flakes, op. 57 no. 3 (in Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow) (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) CHI
Spring, op. 123 no. 1 (in Four Seasons) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Stars, op. 104 no. 5 (in Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening) (Text: Robert Frost)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, op. 104 no. 6 (in Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening) (Text: Robert Frost) GER
Summer, op. 123 no. 2 (in Four Seasons) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay) [x]
Tarantula, or The Dance of Death, op. 86 no. 2 (in Two Songs on Poems of Anthony Hecht) (Text: Anthony Evan Hecht) *
The Arrow And The Song, op. 57 no. 6 (in Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow) (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) GER
The Darkness and the Light Are Both Alike to Thee, op. 86 no. 1 (in Two Songs on Poems of Anthony Hecht) (Text: Anthony Evan Hecht) *
The Death of Autumn I, op. 123 no. 3 (in Four Seasons) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
The Death of Autumn II, op. 123 no. 4 (in Four Seasons) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
The Haunted Chamber, op. 57 no. 4 (in Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow) (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Next Time, op. 73 (Text: Mark Strand) *
The Portent, op. 7 no. 1 (in War Songs) (Text: Herman Melville)
There was a man with tongue of wood, op. 21 no. 6 (in Final Songs) (Text: Stephen Crane)
Two Worlds, op. 80 no. 6 (in Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver) (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) *
Venice, op. 80 no. 3 (in Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver) (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) [x]*
When death comes and whispers to me, op. 21 no. 1 (in Final Songs) (Text: Rabindranath Tagore)
Winter, op. 123 no. 5 (in Four Seasons) (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay) [x]
Your Dog Dies, op. 80 no. 1 (in Six Songs on Poems of Raymond Carver) (Text: Raymond Clevie Carver, jr.) *

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