Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by E. Siegmeister
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- A Cycle of Cities
- Life is fine (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Fortune has its cookies (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) [x]*
- Big fat hairy vision of Evil (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
- Childhood Memories (Text: Langston Hughes)
- American Legends: Six Songs for Voice and Piano
- Nancy Hanks (Text: Rosemary Benét) *
- Five Cummings Songs
- no. 1. In spite of everything (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. 2. The first of all my dreams (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. 3. raise the shade (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- no. 4. Up into the silence (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- no. 5. Because it's spring (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- For my Daughters
- no. 1. Have you a question? (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 2. Rain (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 3. May I escape? (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 4. Good morning (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 5. What did you do today? (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 6. Saying Good Night (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 7. Growing (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- no. 8. Goodbye, Goodbye (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- In Our Time
- no. 1. I heard an Angel singing (Text: William Blake)
- no. 2. In the shell hole of the world (Text: Genevieve Taggard) [x]
- no. 3. Let others despair (Text: Walt Whitman)
- Madam to You
- no. 1. Madam and the Census Man (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 2. Madam and the Minister (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 3. Mama and Daughter (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 4. Madam and the Rent Man (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 5. Madam and the Fortune Teller (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 6. Madam and the Number Runner (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 7. Madam and the wrong visitor (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Ozark Set
- Lazy afternoon (Text: Leo Israel)
- Songs of Experience
- no. 1. The voice of the bard (Text: William Blake)
- no. 2. Earth's answer (Text: William Blake)
- no. 3. The fly (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE RUS
- no. 4. The Garden of Love (Text: William Blake) GER
- no. 5. The thief and the angel (Text: William Blake)
- no. 6. The Tyger (Text: William Blake) CAT CHI FRE GER GER RUS
- Songs of Innocence
- no. 1. Piping down the valleys (Text: William Blake) RUS
- no. 2. The lamb (Text: William Blake) CAT GER GER RUS
- no. 3. Infant Joy (Text: William Blake) RUS
- no. 4. The little black boy (Text: William Blake)
- no. 5. Spring (Text: William Blake) GER
- The Face of War
- no. 1. Official notice (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 2. Listen here, Joe (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 3. Peace (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 4. The dove (Text: Langston Hughes)
- no. 5. War (Text: Langston Hughes)
- The Marquesa of O [opera]
- Isabella's Broom Dance (Sweeping Dance) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- The Wizard of Altoona [opera]
- No rose need ask (Text: Langston Hughes)
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight (Text: Vachel Lindsay)
- Abraham Lincoln (Text: Stephen Vincent Benét)
- Anne Rutledge (Text: Leo Israel)
- Anne Rutledge (Text: Leo Israel)
- As I was goin' along (Text: Edward Eager) *
- Because it's spring (in Five Cummings Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings) [x]*
- Big fat hairy vision of Evil (in A Cycle of Cities) (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
- Childhood Memories (in A Cycle of Cities) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Earth's answer (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
- Euclid (Text: Vachel Lindsay)
- Evil (Text: Richard Eberhart) [x]*
- Floatin' down the river (Text: Elie Siegmeister) *
- Fortune has its cookies (in A Cycle of Cities) (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) [x]*
- Goodbye, Goodbye (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Good morning (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Growing (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Have you a question? (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Holy Thursday (Text: William Blake)
- I heard an Angel singing (in In Our Time) (Text: William Blake)
- Infant Joy (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) RUS
- In spite of everything (in Five Cummings Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- In the shell hole of the world (in In Our Time) (Text: Genevieve Taggard) [x]
- Isabella's Broom Dance (Sweeping Dance) (in The Marquesa of O) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Johnny Appleseed (Text: Rosemary Benét) *
- John Reed (Text: Lewis Allen)
- Lazy afternoon (in Ozark Set) (Text: Leo Israel)
- Lazy afternoon (Text: Leo Israel)
- Let others despair (in In Our Time) (Text: Walt Whitman)
- Life is fine (in A Cycle of Cities) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Listen here, Joe (in The Face of War) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Lonely star (Text: Elie Siegmeister) [x]*
- Madam and the Census Man (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Madam and the Fortune Teller (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Madam and the Minister (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Madam and the Number Runner (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Madam and the Rent Man (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Madam and the wrong visitor (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Mama and Daughter (in Madam to You) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- May I escape? (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Nancy Hanks (in American Legends: Six Songs for Voice and Piano) (Text: Rosemary Benét) *
- No rose need ask (in The Wizard of Altoona) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Official notice (in The Face of War) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Paul Bunyan (Text: Leo Israel)
- Peace (in The Face of War) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- Piping down the valleys (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) RUS
- Rain (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- raise the shade (in Five Cummings Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings)
- Saying Good Night (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
- Spring (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) GER
- The chimney sweeper (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE
- The dove (in The Face of War) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- The first of all my dreams (in Five Cummings Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- The fly (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE RUS
- The Garden of Love (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) GER
- The lamb (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) CAT GER GER RUS
- The Lincoln penny (Text: Alfred Kreymborg) *
- The little black boy (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
- The Strange Funeral in Braddock (Text: Mike Gold)
- The thief and the angel (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
- The Tyger (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT CHI FRE GER GER RUS
- The voice of the bard (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
- Up into the silence (in Five Cummings Songs) (Text: E. E. Cummings) *
- War (in The Face of War) (Text: Langston Hughes)
- What did you do today? (in For my Daughters) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
Last update: 2024-11-30 04:33:06