Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by L. Ardovino

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• Animal Antics III
• no. 1. Early Bird (Text: Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein) *
• no. 3. Little Pig's Treat (Text: Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein) [x]*
• Bed Riddance
• no. 1. Platitudinous Reflection (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 2. Crossing the Border (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 3. The Germ (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 4. Requiem (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 5. Bed Riddance (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• Between Walls
• no. 1. Between Walls (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• no. 2. Young Woman at a Window (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• no. 3. The Nightingales (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• no. 4. The Thing (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• no. 5. As the Cat (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• Drinking With The Moon Alone
• no. 1. Drinking With The Moon Alone (Text: Harold Witter Bynner; Kiang Kanghu after Li-Tai-Po) * SWE
• no. 2. The Traveller's Song (Text: Harold Witter Bynner; Kiang Kanghu after Meng Jiao) ⊗
• no. 3. On a Gate-Tower (Text: Harold Witter Bynner; Kiang Kanghu after Ch'ên Tzǔ-ang) ⊗*
• Nonsense Songs
• no. 1. There was an Old Man in a Tree (Text: Edward Lear) FIN
• no. 3. There was an Old Man with a Beard (Text: Edward Lear)
• no. 4. There was an Old Man on a Hill (Text: Edward Lear)
• no. 5. There was a Young Lady of Russia (Text: Edward Lear)
• The Red Wheelbarrow
• no. 1. The red wheelbarrow (Text: William Carlos Williams)
• no. 2. My Friend Must Be a Bird (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• no. 3. Days of Innocence (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
• no. 5. Fog (Text: Carl Sandburg) GER
• no. 5. Landscapes (Text: T. S. Eliot) *
• no. 6. The Reward (Text: Ogden Nash)
• Twitcher
• no. 1. The Duck (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 2. The turkey (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 3. The Cuckoo (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• Under Water
• no. 1. The Manatee (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 2. The Octopus (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 3. The Oyster" (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 4. The Shrimp (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• no. 5. The Guppy (Text: Ogden Nash) *

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• As the Cat (in Between Walls) (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• Bed Riddance (in Bed Riddance) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• Between Walls (in Between Walls) (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• Crossing the Border (in Bed Riddance) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• Days of Innocence (in The Red Wheelbarrow) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
• Drinking With The Moon Alone (in Drinking With The Moon Alone) (Text: Harold Witter Bynner; Kiang Kanghu after Li-Tai-Po) * SWE
• Early Bird (in Animal Antics III) (Text: Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein) *
• Fish? (Text: Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein) [x]*
• Fog (in The Red Wheelbarrow) (Text: Carl Sandburg) GER
• Landscapes (in The Red Wheelbarrow) (Text: T. S. Eliot) *
• Little Pig's Treat (in Animal Antics III) (Text: Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein) [x]*
• My Friend Must Be a Bird (in The Red Wheelbarrow) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
• On a Gate-Tower (in Drinking With The Moon Alone) (Text: Harold Witter Bynner; Kiang Kanghu after Ch'ên Tzǔ-ang) ⊗*
• Platitudinous Reflection (in Bed Riddance) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• Requiem (in Bed Riddance) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Cuckoo (in Twitcher) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Duck (in Twitcher) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Germ (in Bed Riddance) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Guppy (in Under Water) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Manatee (in Under Water) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Nightingales (in Between Walls) (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• The Octopus (in Under Water) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Oyster" (in Under Water) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The red wheelbarrow (in The Red Wheelbarrow) (Text: William Carlos Williams)
• The Reward (in The Red Wheelbarrow) (Text: Ogden Nash)
• There was an Old Man in a Tree (in Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear) FIN
• There was an Old Man on a Hill (in Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear)
• There was an Old Man with a Beard (in Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear)
• There was a Young Lady of Russia (in Nonsense Songs) (Text: Edward Lear)
• The Shrimp (in Under Water) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• The Thing (in Between Walls) (Text: William Carlos Williams) *
• The Traveller's Song (in Drinking With The Moon Alone) (Text: Harold Witter Bynner; Kiang Kanghu after Meng Jiao) ⊗
• The turkey (in Twitcher) (Text: Ogden Nash) *
• Young Woman at a Window (in Between Walls) (Text: William Carlos Williams) *

Last update: 2026-11-09 05:01:04