Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by G. Getty

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Gordon Getty (b. 1933)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring (Die Wahl der Weißen - Ein Liederzyklus für Sopran und Klavier auf Gedichte von Emily Dickinson, Teil 1: Der bedachte Lenz, translated by Bertram Kottmann) GER

no. 1. I sing to use the waiting (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 2. There is a morn by men unseen (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 3. I had a guinea golden (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 4. If she had been the mistletoe (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 5. New feet within my garden go (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 6. She bore it (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 7. I taste a liquor never brewed (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
no. 8. I should not dare to leave my friend (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER

The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart

no. 9. There came a day at summer's full (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 10. The first day's night had come (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 11. The soul selects her own society (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 12. It was not Death, for i stood up (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE
no. 13. When I was small, a woman died (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 14. I cried at pity, not at pain (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 15. The night was wide (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 16. I cannot live with you (Text: Emily Dickinson)

The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace

no. 17. My first well day, since many ill (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 18. It ceased to hurt me (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 19. I like to see it lap the miles (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
no. 20. Split the lark and you'll find the music (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 21. The crickets sang (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
no. 22. After a hundred years (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 23. The clouds their backs together laid (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 24. I shall not murmur if at last (Text: Emily Dickinson)

The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer

no. 25. The grave my little cottage is (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 26. I did not reach thee (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 27. My wars are laid away in books (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 28. There came a wind like a bugle (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
no. 29. The going from a world we know (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 30. Upon his saddle sprung a bird (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE
no. 31. Beauty crowds me (Text: Emily Dickinson)
no. 32. I sing to use the waiting (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

After a hundred years (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
Beauty crowds me (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
I cannot live with you (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
I cried at pity, not at pain (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
I did not reach thee (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
If she had been the mistletoe (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
I had a guinea golden (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
I like to see it lap the miles (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
I shall not murmur if at last (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
I should not dare to leave my friend (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
I sing to use the waiting (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
I sing to use the waiting (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
I taste a liquor never brewed (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
It ceased to hurt me (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
It was many and many a year ago (Text: Edgar Allan Poe) FRE RUS
It was not Death, for i stood up (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE
Loveliest of trees (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
My first well day, since many ill (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
My wars are laid away in books (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
New feet within my garden go (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
She bore it (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
Split the lark and you'll find the music (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
The clouds their backs together laid (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
The crickets sang (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 3 : Almost Peace) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE GER
The first day's night had come (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
The going from a world we know (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
The grave my little cottage is (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
The night was wide (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
There came a day at summer's full (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
There came a wind like a bugle (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
There is a morn by men unseen (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
The soul selects her own society (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
Upon his saddle sprung a bird (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer) (Text: Emily Dickinson) FRE
When I was small, a woman died (in The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 2 : So We Must Meet Apart) (Text: Emily Dickinson)

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