Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by V. Persichetti
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Celebrations: Cantata no. 3, op. 103
- no. 1. Stranger (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 2. I celebrate myself (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 3. You who celebrate bygones (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 4. There is that in me (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 5. Sing me the Universal (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 6. Flaunt out, o sea (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 7. I sing the Body electric (Text: Walt Whitman)
- no. 8. A clear midnight (Text: Walt Whitman) CAT FRE GER GER
- no. 9. Voyage (Text: Walt Whitman) CAT FRE
- Emily Dickinson Songs, op. 77
- no. 1. Out of the morning (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- no. 2. I'm nobody (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
- no. 3. When the hills do (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
- no. 4. The grass (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- Four Cummings Choruses
- no. ?. Dominic Has a Doll (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. ?. Uncles (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- no. ?. maggy and milly and molly and may (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. ?. nouns to nouns (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Glad and Very, op. 129
- no. 1. little man (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. 2. I am so glad and very (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. 3. maybe god (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- no. 4. Jake hates all the girls (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- no. 5. A politician (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Harmonium, op. 50
- no. ?. The snow man (Text: Wallace Stevens)
- no. ?. Gubbinal (Text: Wallace Stevens)
- Hilaire Belloc Songs
- no. 1. Thou child so wise (Text: Hilaire Belloc)
- no. 2. The microbe (Text: Hilaire Belloc)
- James Joyce Songs
- no. 1. Unquiet heart (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER POL
- no. 2. Brigid's Song (Text: James Joyce)
- no. 3. Noise of Waters (Text: James Joyce) FRE IRI
- Robert Frost Songs, op. 76
- no. 1. Dust of snow (Text: Robert Frost)
- no. 2. The pasture (Text: Robert Frost)
- Sara Teasdale Songs, op. 72
- no. 1. Let it be forgotten (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- Spring Cantata, op. 94
- no. ?. Spring is like a perhaps hand (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- A clear midnight, op. 103 no. 8 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman) CAT FRE GER GER
- A politician, op. 129 no. 5 (in Glad and Very) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Brigid's Song (in James Joyce Songs) (Text: James Joyce)
- Dominic Has a Doll, op. 98 (in Four Cummings Choruses) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- Dust of snow, op. 76 no. 1 (in Robert Frost Songs) (Text: Robert Frost)
- Flaunt out, o sea, op. 103 no. 6 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- Gubbinal, op. 50 no. ? (in Harmonium) (Text: Wallace Stevens)
- Hist Whist, op. 46 no. 2 (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- I am so glad and very, op. 129 no. 2 (in Glad and Very) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- I celebrate myself, op. 103 no. 2 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- If the green (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- I'm nobody, op. 77 no. 2 (in Emily Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER GER ITA
- In Just- (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- I sing the Body electric, op. 103 no. 7 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- Jake hates all the girls, op. 129 no. 4 (in Glad and Very) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Jimmie's got a goil (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- Let it be forgotten, op. 72 no. 1 (in Sara Teasdale Songs) (Text: Sara Teasdale) FRE GER
- little man, op. 129 no. 1 (in Glad and Very) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- maggy and milly and molly and may (in Four Cummings Choruses) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- maybe god, op. 129 no. 3 (in Glad and Very) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Noise of Waters, op. 74 no. 3 (in James Joyce Songs) (Text: James Joyce) FRE IRI
- nouns to nouns (in Four Cummings Choruses) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Now in the tomb is laid (Text: Joseph Campbell , as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil) [x]
- O cool is the valley now (Text: James Joyce) FRE
- Our Father, whose creative Will (Text: W. H. Auden) [x]
- Out of the morning, op. 77 no. 1 (in Emily Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
- Prayer for this house, op. 68 (Hymns and Responses) no. 25 (Text: Louis Untermeyer)
- Robin, op. 68 (Hymns and Responses) no. 3 (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
- Sam was a man (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Sing me the Universal, op. 103 no. 5 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- Spring is like a perhaps hand, op. 94 (in Spring Cantata) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- Star, op. 68 (Hymns and Responses) no. 5 (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Stranger, op. 103 no. 1 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- The grass, op. 77 no. 4 (in Emily Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
- All I could see from where I stood, op. 68 (Hymns and Responses) no. 19 (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
- The microbe (in Hilaire Belloc Songs) (Text: Hilaire Belloc)
- The pasture, op. 76 no. 2 (in Robert Frost Songs) (Text: Robert Frost)
- The Pleiades, op. 107 (Text: Walt Whitman)
- There is that in me, op. 103 no. 4 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- The snow man, op. 50 no. ? (in Harmonium) (Text: Wallace Stevens)
- This is the garden, op. 46 no. 1 (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Thou child so wise (in Hilaire Belloc Songs) (Text: Hilaire Belloc)
- Uncles (in Four Cummings Choruses) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Unquiet heart (in James Joyce Songs) (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER POL
- Voyage, op. 103 no. 9 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman) CAT FRE
- When the hills do, op. 77 no. 3 (in Emily Dickinson Songs) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER ITA
- You who celebrate bygones, op. 103 no. 3 (in Celebrations: Cantata no. 3) (Text: Walt Whitman)
Last update: 2023-09-19 16:32:24