Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by E. Siegmeister

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Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991)

L. E. Swift [pseudonym]

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• A Cycle of Cities
• no. ?. Life is fine (Text: Langston Hughes)
• no. ?. Fortune has its cookies (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) [x]*
• no. ?. Big fat hairy vision of Evil (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
• no. ?. Childhood Memories (Text: Langston Hughes)
• American Legends: Six Songs for Voice and Piano
• no. ?. 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
• no. ?. 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) 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 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]
• no. ?. Isabella's Broom Dance (Sweeping Dance) (Text: Norman Rosten) *
• The Wizard of Altoona [opera]
• no. ?. 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) 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) 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 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) *

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