Summary
(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). One of the most prolific and respected of American art song composers, Ned Rorem is finally represented in a substantial, representative collection, which includes six songs never before published (in boldface in the contents list), and many newly published transpositions. Contents: Absalom * Alleluia * Are you the new person? * A Birthday * Catullus: on the Burial of His Brother * A Child Asleep in Its Own Life * Chromatic Fantasy * Clouds * Come In (High Voice only) * Confitebor Tibi (High Voice only) * Conversation * Early in the Morning * The End * Ferry me across the water * For Susan * A Glimspe (Low Voice only) * Go, Lovely Rose (High Voice only) * He Thinks Upon His Death (Low Voice only) * I strolled across an open field * I will always love you * Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair * A Journey * The Land of Fear * Little Elegy * Look down, fair moon * The Lordly Hudson * Love * Love in a Life * Nantucket * The Nightingale * O Do Not Love Too Long * On a Little Bird * On a Singing Girl * Orchids * Philomel (Low Voice only) * Poem for F. * Psalm 150 * Rain in Spring (Low Voice only) * The Serpent * Shelley's Vision * The Sick Wife * The silver swan (High Voice only) * Sometimes with one I love * Spring (Manley Hopkins) * Spring (Koch) * Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening * Such beauty as hurts to behold * That shadow, my likeness * To a Young Girl * Visits to St. Elizabeths * The Waking * What if some little pain... * While Sodom was occupied * You, the young rainbow.
Contents
Absalom / Paul GoodmanAlleluia
Are you the new person? / Walt Whitman
A birthday : from Women's voices / Christina Rossetti
Catullus, on the burial of his brother / translated by Aubrey Beardsley
A child asleep in its own life / Wallace Stevens
Chromatic fantasy / Anthony Hecht
Early in the morning / Robert Hillyer
Clouds / Paul Goodman
Conversation / Elizabeth Bishop
The end / Dana Gioia
For Susan / Paul Goodman
Ferry me across the water : from The Nantucket songs / Christina Rossetti
A glimpse : from Evidence of things not seen / Walt Whitman
He thinks upon his death : from Evidence of things not seen/ Julien Green ; English version by Ned Rorem
I strolled across an open field / Theodore Roethke
I will always love you / Frank O'Hara
A journey / Andrew Glaze
Jeanie with the light brown hair / Stephen Foster ; arranged by Ned Rorem
The land of fear / Demetrios Capetanakis
Little elegy / Elinor Wylie
Look down, fair moon / Walt Whitman
The lordly Hudson / Paul Goodman
Love / Thomas Lodge
On a singing girl / Elinor Wylie
Love in a life / Robert Browning
Nantucket : from Nantucket songs / William Carlos Williams
The nightingale / [anon.], about 1500 A.D.
O do not love too long / William Butler Yeats
On a little bird / Martin Armstrong
Orchids / Theodore Roethke
Philomel / Richard Barnefield
Poem for F. / Edouard Roditi
Psalm 150 : from Cycle of holy songs
The serpent / Theodore Roethke
Rain in spring / Paul Goodman
Shelley's vision / Herman Melville
The sick wife : from Evidence of things not seen / Jane Kenyon
Spring / Gerard Manley Hopkins
Sometimes with one I love / Walt Whitman
Spring / Kenneth Koch
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost
Such beauty as hurts to behold / Paul Goodman
That shadow, my likeness : from Whitman cantata / Walt Whitman
To a young girl / W.B. Yeats
Visits to St. Elizabeths / Elizabeth Bishop
The waking / Theodore Roethke
What if some little pain
/ Edmund Spenser
While Sodom was occupied / David Bergman
You, the young rainbow / Edith Sitwell.
Additional Information
Subjects |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Publisher | [United States] : Milwaukee, WI :Boosey & Hawkes ;2008 Distributed by H. Leonard Corp., |
Edition | High voice. |
Other Titles | Songs. Fifty collected songs |
Contributors |
Walters, Richard,
compiler. Ollmann, Kurt. |
Language |
English |
Notes |
Includes 6 previously unpublished songs. |
Description |
1 score (156 pages) ; 31 cm |
ISBN | 9781423429807 142342980X |
Other | Classic View |