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Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by E. Siegmeister

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Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991)

L. E. Swift [pseudonym]

(Also see this composer's texts set to music.)

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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

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) *

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