Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by D. Thomas

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David Evan Thomas (b. 1958)

Website: http://www.davidevanthomas.com/

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

Blessings: Five Poems of James Wright

no. 1. Beginning (Text: James Wright) [x]*
no. 2. The jewel (Text: James Wright) [x]*
no. 3. This and that (Text: James Wright) [x]*
no. 4. A blessing (Text: James Wright) [x]*
no. 5. To a hostess saying Good Night (Text: James Wright) [x]*

By Heart

no. 2. Train tune (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
no. 2. Musician (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
no. 3. Roman fountain (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
no. 4. M., singing (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
no. 5. I saw Eternity (Text: Louise Bogan)
no. 6. Song for the Last Act (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]

Earthly Delights

no. 1. The ghosts (Text: Thomas Love Peacock)
no. 2. 'Tis the voice of the Lobster (Text: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , as Lewis Carroll) FRE
no. 3. To a goose (Text: Robert Southey)
no. 4. If all the world were paper (Text: Anonymous)

Grace and Stir: Three Poems of A. D. Hope

no. 1. As well as they can (Text: A. D. Hope) [x]*
no. 2. With Thee conversing... (Text: A. D. Hope) [x]*
no. 3. The gateway (Text: A. D. Hope) [x]*

Heard in a Violent Ward

no. 1. In a Madhouse (Text: John Clare)
no. 2. There is a charm in solitude that cheers (Text: John Clare)
no. 3. Byron's Funeral (Text: John Clare)
no. 4. Enquiry (Text: John Clare)
no. 6. I am (Text: John Clare) GER
no. 7. Conclusion (Text: John Clare)

In the Country of Baseball

no. 1. Home (Text: 18th century)
no. 2. In the country of baseball (Text: Donald Hall) [x]*
no. 3. Pitches
no. 4. Fielding (Text: Donald Hall) [x]*
no. 5. Fathers and Sons (Text: Donald Hall) [x]*

Lonely Hearts

no. 1. A simple wish (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 2. The expense of spirits (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 3. The uncertainty of the poet (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 4. A serious person (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 5. Reading scheme (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 6. Advertisement (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 7. Giving up smoking (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 8. The reading (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
no. 9. The orange (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*

Moonlight on a Midnight Stream

no. 4. A Ghost Story (Text: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
no. 7. Mutability (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) CZE ITA
no. 10. Valediction (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)

Petals fallen from the moon

no. 1. The kind moon (Text: Sara Teasdale)
no. 2. Full Moon (Santa Barbara) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
no. 3. Old tunes (Text: Sara Teasdale)
no. 4. At night (Text: Sara Teasdale)
no. 5. Moon's ending (Text: Sara Teasdale)
no. 6. The wine (Text: Sara Teasdale)

Songs of the Trobairitz

no. 1. I thrive on youth and joy (Text: Meg Bogen after Beatriz de Dia, Contessa) [x]*
no. 2. Of things I'd rather keep in silence I must sing (Text: Meg Bogen after Beatriz de Dia, Contessa) *
no. 3. God knows I should have had my fill of song (Text: Meg Bogen after Castelloza) [x]*
no. 4. Now we are come to the cold time (Text: Meg Bogen after Azalais de Porcairages) [x]*
no. 5. If you knew my mind, sweet handsome friend (Text: Meg Bogen after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) [x]*

To Live in This World

no. 1. The swan (Text: Mary Oliver) [x]*
no. 2. Oh Tiger (Text: Mary Oliver) [x]*
no. 3. In Blackwater Woods (Text: Mary Oliver) *

While All the World Made Merry: 3 Poems by Charles Causley

no. 1. On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas (Text: Charles Causley, CBE) [x]*
no. 2. Innocent's song (Text: Charles Causley, CBE) [x]*
no. 3. Sailor's carol (Text: Charles Causley, CBE) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

A blessing (in Blessings: Five Poems of James Wright) (Text: James Wright) [x]*
Advertisement (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
A Ghost Story (in Moonlight on a Midnight Stream) (Text: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
An echoing song (Text: David Evan Thomas after Rainer Maria Rilke) * FRE
A serious person (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
A simple wish (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
A Song for Saint Cecilia's Day (Text: John Dryden) FRE GER SPA
As well as they can (in Grace and Stir: Three Poems of A. D. Hope) (Text: A. D. Hope) [x]*
At night (in Petals fallen from the moon) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
A wreath (Text: George Herbert)
Beginning (in Blessings: Five Poems of James Wright) (Text: James Wright) [x]*
Byron's Funeral (in Heard in a Violent Ward) (Text: John Clare)
Canticle of the Sun (Text: Anonymous after Francis of Assisi, Saint ) GER SPA
Clarissa Graceful (Text: Alexander Pope)
Come to the Waters (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Conclusion (in Heard in a Violent Ward) (Text: John Clare)
Du bist die Ruh (Text: David Evan Thomas after Friedrich Rückert) CAT DUT DUT FRE FRI HEB IRI ITA POR SPA
Du bist die Zukunft (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
Ein Gebet (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) FRE
Enquiry (in Heard in a Violent Ward) (Text: John Clare)
Esau Wood (Text: Volkslieder )
Fathers and Sons (in In the Country of Baseball) (Text: Donald Hall) [x]*
Fielding (in In the Country of Baseball) (Text: Donald Hall) [x]*
Forever Toward You (Text: David Evan Thomas after Rainer Maria Rilke) *
Full Moon (Santa Barbara) (in Petals fallen from the moon) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
Giving up smoking (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
God knows I should have had my fill of song (in Songs of the Trobairitz) (Text: Meg Bogen after Castelloza) [x]*
Great Blue (Text: Carolyn Kizer) [x]*
Holy Spirit, bestowing Life (Text: Norma Gentile after Hildegard von Bingen) *
Home (in In the Country of Baseball) (Text: 18th century)
I am (in Heard in a Violent Ward) (Text: John Clare) GER
If all the world were paper (in Earthly Delights) (Text: Anonymous)
If you knew my mind, sweet handsome friend (in Songs of the Trobairitz) (Text: Meg Bogen after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) [x]*
In a Madhouse (in Heard in a Violent Ward) (Text: John Clare)
In Blackwater Woods (in To Live in This World) (Text: Mary Oliver) *
Infant Joy (Text: William Blake) RUS
Innocent's song (in While All the World Made Merry: 3 Poems by Charles Causley) (Text: Charles Causley, CBE) [x]*
In the country of baseball (in In the Country of Baseball) (Text: Donald Hall) [x]*
I saw Eternity (in By Heart) (Text: Louise Bogan)
I thrive on youth and joy (in Songs of the Trobairitz) (Text: Meg Bogen after Beatriz de Dia, Contessa) [x]*
Laughing song (Text: William Blake) RUS
Little boy lost (Text: William Blake)
Moon's ending (in Petals fallen from the moon) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
M., singing (in By Heart) (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
Musician (in By Heart) (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
Mutability (in Moonlight on a Midnight Stream) (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) CZE ITA
Now we are come to the cold time (in Songs of the Trobairitz) (Text: Meg Bogen after Azalais de Porcairages) [x]*
Of things I'd rather keep in silence I must sing (in Songs of the Trobairitz) (Text: Meg Bogen after Beatriz de Dia, Contessa) *
Oh Tiger (in To Live in This World) (Text: Mary Oliver) [x]*
Old tunes (in Petals fallen from the moon) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
On another's sorrow (Text: William Blake)
On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas (in While All the World Made Merry: 3 Poems by Charles Causley) (Text: Charles Causley, CBE) [x]*
O, Waly Waly (Text: Volkslieder ) ITA
Piping down the valleys wild (Text: William Blake) RUS
Pitches (in In the Country of Baseball)
Reading scheme (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
Roman fountain (in By Heart) (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
Sailor's carol (in While All the World Made Merry: 3 Poems by Charles Causley) (Text: Charles Causley, CBE) [x]*
Song for the Last Act (in By Heart) (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
Sweet dreams, form a shade (Text: William Blake)
The dawning (Text: George Herbert)
The divine image (Text: William Blake) GER RUS
The expense of spirits (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
The fly (Text: William Blake) FRE RUS
The gateway (in Grace and Stir: Three Poems of A. D. Hope) (Text: A. D. Hope) [x]*
The ghosts (in Earthly Delights) (Text: Thomas Love Peacock)
The jewel (in Blessings: Five Poems of James Wright) (Text: James Wright) [x]*
The kind moon (in Petals fallen from the moon) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
The King of Love (Text: Henry Williams Baker, Sir) FRE
The lamb (Text: William Blake) CAT GER GER RUS
The orange (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
The reading (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
There is a charm in solitude that cheers (in Heard in a Violent Ward) (Text: John Clare)
The swan (in To Live in This World) (Text: Mary Oliver) [x]*
The uncertainty of the poet (in Lonely Hearts) (Text: Wendy Cope) [x]*
The wine (in Petals fallen from the moon) (Text: Sara Teasdale)
The wings of the morning (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts after Bible or other Sacred Texts) GER
This and that (in Blessings: Five Poems of James Wright) (Text: James Wright) [x]*
'Tis the voice of the Lobster (in Earthly Delights) (Text: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , as Lewis Carroll) FRE
To a goose (in Earthly Delights) (Text: Robert Southey)
To a hostess saying Good Night (in Blessings: Five Poems of James Wright) (Text: James Wright) [x]*
Train tune (in By Heart) (Text: Louise Bogan) [x]
Two Spirituals [multi-text setting]
Valediction (in Moonlight on a Midnight Stream) (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley)
When thou, my music, music play'st (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE GER ITA
With a glorious eye (Text: John Clare)
With Thee conversing... (in Grace and Stir: Three Poems of A. D. Hope) (Text: A. D. Hope) [x]*

Last update: 2023-11-02 04:38:01