Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by R. Perera
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Apollo Circling
- no. 1. So Long (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- no. 2. The Moon Comes (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- no. 3. You Lean Back (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- no. 4. You Hang Mysteriously (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- Five Summer Songs
- no. 1. New feet within my garden go (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- no. 2. South winds jostle them (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- no. 3. I know a place (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- no. 4. To make a prairie (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- no. 5. The one that could repeat the summer day (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- Sleep Now
- no. 1. I hear an army (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
- no. 2. Ecce Puer (Text: James Joyce)
- no. 3. She weeps over Rahoon (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
- no. 4. The twilight turns from amethyst (Text: James Joyce) FRE
- no. 5. Sleep now (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER POL
- That We Were Gone. Three Poems in Time of War by Sara Teasdale for Soprano and Piano
- no. 1. Winter Stars (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 2. A Boy (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- no. 3. There Will Come Soft Rains (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- The Music Makers. Two Songs for Medium Voice and Piano on poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Frost
- no. 1. A Musical Instrument (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
- no. 2. The Aim Was Song (Text: Robert Frost)
- Two Donne Songs
- no. 1. Go, and catch a falling star (Text: John Donne) ITA
- no. 2. Song (Text: John Donne) ITA
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- A Boy (in That We Were Gone. Three Poems in Time of War by Sara Teasdale for Soprano and Piano) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- A Musical Instrument (in The Music Makers. Two Songs for Medium Voice and Piano on poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Frost) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
- Dove sta amore (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
- Ecce Puer (in Sleep Now) (Text: James Joyce)
- Go, and catch a falling star (in Two Donne Songs) (Text: John Donne) ITA
- I hear an army (in Sleep Now) (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
- I know a place (in Five Summer Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- New feet within my garden go (in Five Summer Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
- She weeps over Rahoon (in Sleep Now) (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
- Sleep now (in Sleep Now) (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER POL
- So Long (in Apollo Circling) (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- Song (in Two Donne Songs) (Text: John Donne) ITA
- South winds jostle them (in Five Summer Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- The Aim Was Song (in The Music Makers. Two Songs for Medium Voice and Piano on poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Frost) (Text: Robert Frost)
- The Moon Comes (in Apollo Circling) (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- The one that could repeat the summer day (in Five Summer Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- There Will Come Soft Rains (in That We Were Gone. Three Poems in Time of War by Sara Teasdale for Soprano and Piano) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- The twilight turns from amethyst (in Sleep Now) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
- To make a prairie (in Five Summer Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- Winter Stars (in That We Were Gone. Three Poems in Time of War by Sara Teasdale for Soprano and Piano) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
- You Hang Mysteriously (in Apollo Circling) (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
- You Lean Back (in Apollo Circling) (Text: James Lafayette Dickey) [x]*
Last update: 2024-11-01 18:16:25