Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by E. Vercoe

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Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941)

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Eight Riddles from Symphosius

no. 1. Hobnail (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 2. Mother of Twins (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 3. Onion (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 4. Chick in the Egg (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 5. Stairs (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 6. River and Fish (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 7. Chain (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
no. 8. Saw (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *

Five True Remarkable Occurrences

no. 1. Eating Democrats (Text: Anonymous) FRE
no. 2. Vera Czermak (Text: Anonymous) FRE
no. 3. Traffic (Text: Anonymous) FRE SPA
no. 4. Wheeler-Peelers (Text: Anonymous) FRE SPA
no. 5. Other Engagements (Text: Anonymous) FRE

Herstory I

no. 1. Noon walk on the asylum lawn (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 2. Her Kind (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 3. Side by side (Text: Adrienne Rich) *
no. 4a. For a Child: The Crib (Text: Adrienne Rich) *
no. 4b. Morning song (Text: Sylvia Plath)
no. 5. Mirror (Text: Sylvia Plath)
no. 6. Old (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 7. Sleep (Text: Pam White) *

Herstory IV

no. 1. Is there anything I can do (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
no. 2. I saw two trees embracing (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
no. 3. You’re/ waiting for (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
no. 4. And where their tops tangled (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
no. 5. Then there is something I (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *

Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics

no. 1. Lady Murasaki Shikibu (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Murasaki Shikibu) ⊗*
no. 2. Lady Kasa (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Kasa) ⊗*
no. 3. Lady Kasa (II) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Kasa) ⊗*
no. 4. Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Otomo No Sakanoe) *
no. 5. Lady Suo (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Suo) ⊗*
no. 6. Lady Horikawa (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Horiwaka) ⊗*
no. 7. Lady Ukon (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Ukon) * GER
no. 8. Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (II) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Otomo No Sakanoe) *
no. 9. Lady Akazome Emon (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Akazome Emon) ⊗*
no. 10. The Mother of the Commander Michitsuna (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Udaishō Michitsuna no Haha) ⊗*
no. 11. The Poetess Ono No Komachi (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Ono no Komachi) ⊗*
no. 12. Lady Izumi Shikibu (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Izumi Shikibu, Lady) ⊗*
no. 13. Lady Izumi Shikibu (II) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Izumi Shikibu, Lady) ⊗*

Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine [stage composition]

no. 1. Et Jeanne, la bonne Lorraine ENG
no. 2. I have labored sore and suffered death
no. 3. They call me Jenny in Lorraine (Text: Samuel Langhorne Clemens , as Mark Twain) FRE
no. 4. Look on thy country, look on fertile France (Text: William Shakespeare)
no. 5. La France nous appelle (Text: Marie-Joseph Chénier)
no. 6. I am a soldier (Text: George Bernard Shaw)
no. 7. Gentle little Dauphin -- Come, come from behind [multi-text setting] (Text: Clemens) ENG FRE
no. 8. The rats were devouring the house (Text: Samuel Langhorne Clemens , as Mark Twain) FRE
no. 9. Je, Christine, qui ay plouré [multi-text setting] (Text: Shakespeare, de Pizan)
no. 10. Ah, faith, we had many victories. In fourteen-hundred-and-twenty-nine (Text: Régine Pernoud) *
no. 11. Five long months it lasted (Text: Régine Pernoud) *
no. 12. God be in my head, and in my understanding (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)

In the Storm

no. 1. Aria I (Text: Mark Anderson after Ingeborg Bachmann) ⊗*
no. 2. Fire (Text: Mark Anderson after Ingeborg Bachmann) ⊗*
no. 3. Aria II [multi-text setting] (Text: Anderson) ENG
no. 4. Deluge (Text: Mark Anderson after Ingeborg Bachmann) ⊗*

Varieties of Amorous Experience

no. 1. Qui bien aime (Text: Geoffrey Chaucer)
no. 2. An appeal to cats in the business of love (Text: Coventry Patmore)
no. 3. How like a winter (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE ITA
no. 4. The kiss (Text: Thomas Flatman)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

Ah, faith, we had many victories. In fourteen-hundred-and-twenty-nine (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Régine Pernoud) *
An appeal to cats in the business of love (in Varieties of Amorous Experience) (Text: Coventry Patmore)
Aria I (in In the Storm) (Text: Mark Anderson after Ingeborg Bachmann) ⊗*
Aria II [multi-text setting] (in In the Storm) (Text: Anderson) ENG
Chain (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
Chick in the Egg (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
Deluge (in In the Storm) (Text: Mark Anderson after Ingeborg Bachmann) ⊗*
Dites-moi où, n'en quel pays (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) ENG
Eating Democrats (in Five True Remarkable Occurrences) (Text: Anonymous) FRE
Fire (in In the Storm) (Text: Mark Anderson after Ingeborg Bachmann) ⊗*
Five long months it lasted (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Régine Pernoud) *
For a Child: The Crib (in Herstory I) (Text: Adrienne Rich) *
[No title] [multi-text setting] (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Clemens) FRE ENG
God be in my head, and in my understanding (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Her Kind (in Herstory I) (Text: Anne Sexton) *
Hobnail (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
How like a winter (in Varieties of Amorous Experience) (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE ITA
I am a soldier (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: George Bernard Shaw)
I have labored sore and suffered death (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine)
Irreveries from Sappho [multi-text setting] (Text: Barnard) ENG
I saw two trees embracing (in Herstory IV) (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
I saw two trees embracing (in Herstory IV) (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
Is there anything I can do (in Herstory IV) (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
Is there anything I can do (in Herstory IV) (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
Is there anything I can do (in Herstory IV) (Text: Anna Thilda May "May" Swenson) *
[No title] [multi-text setting] (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Shakespeare, de Pizan)
Lady Akazome Emon (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Akazome Emon) ⊗*
Lady Horikawa (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Horiwaka) ⊗*
Lady Izumi Shikibu (II) (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Izumi Shikibu, Lady) ⊗*
Lady Izumi Shikibu (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Izumi Shikibu, Lady) ⊗*
Lady Kasa (II) (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Kasa) ⊗*
Lady Kasa (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Kasa) ⊗*
Lady Murasaki Shikibu (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Murasaki Shikibu) ⊗*
Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (II) (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Otomo No Sakanoe) *
Lady Otomo No Sakanoe (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Otomo No Sakanoe) *
Lady Suo (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Suo) ⊗*
Lady Ukon (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Lady Ukon) * GER
La France nous appelle (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Marie-Joseph Chénier)
Look on thy country, look on fertile France (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: William Shakespeare)
Mirror (in Herstory I) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
Morning song (in Herstory I) (Text: Sylvia Plath)
Mother of Twins (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
Nine Epigrams from Poor Richard [multi-text setting] (Text: Franklin)
Noon walk on the asylum lawn (in Herstory I) (Text: Anne Sexton) *
Old (in Herstory I) (Text: Anne Sexton) *
Onion (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
Other Engagements (in Five True Remarkable Occurrences) (Text: Anonymous) FRE
Qui bien aime (in Varieties of Amorous Experience) (Text: Geoffrey Chaucer)
River and Fish (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
Saw (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
Side by side (in Herstory I) (Text: Adrienne Rich) *
Sleep (in Herstory I) (Text: Pam White) *
Stairs (in Eight Riddles from Symphosius) (Text: Richard Wilbur after Caelius Firmianus Symphosius) *
The kiss (in Varieties of Amorous Experience) (Text: Thomas Flatman)
The Mother of the Commander Michitsuna (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Udaishō Michitsuna no Haha) ⊗*
The Poetess Ono No Komachi (in Herstory II: 13 Japanese Lyrics) (Text: Kenneth Rexroth after Ono no Komachi) ⊗*
The rats were devouring the house (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Samuel Langhorne Clemens , as Mark Twain) FRE
They call me Jenny in Lorraine (in Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine) (Text: Samuel Langhorne Clemens , as Mark Twain) FRE
Traffic (in Five True Remarkable Occurrences) (Text: Anonymous) FRE SPA
Vera Czermak (in Five True Remarkable Occurrences) (Text: Anonymous) FRE
Wheeler-Peelers (in Five True Remarkable Occurrences) (Text: Anonymous) FRE SPA

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