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American Poetry and Writings

The works in this collection are based on American poetry, literature, letters, speeches, and diary entries, and include an enormous range of authors - from popular writers like Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson to personal letters and poetry by complete unknowns. Many of these works are for vocalists, using the text directly as lyrics or libretto. Other works are instrumental, or without words, and use the texts as inspiration or for programmatic effect.

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Hart Crane - e.e. cummings - Emily Dickinson - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Langston Hughes - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Carl Sandburg - Walt Whitman - William Carlos Williams

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  • FIVE MILLAY SONGS: For you there is no song FIVE MILLAY SONGS: For you there is no song

    FIVE MILLAY SONGS: For you there is no song

      H. Leslie Adams

      FIVE MILLAY SONGS: For you there is no song

      Voice (High, Medium, or Low) and Piano

      $12.50 - $16.50
    • FREDERICK DOUGLASS, An Opera in 3 Acts Piano Vocal FREDERICK DOUGLASS, An Opera in 3 Acts Piano Vocal

      FREDERICK DOUGLASS, An Opera in 3 Acts Piano Vocal

        Dorothy Rudd Moore

        FREDERICK DOUGLASS, An Opera in 3 Acts Piano Vocal

        multiple solo voices, chorus, piano

        $152.00
      • Things As It Is Things As It Is

        Things As It Is

          Robert Carl

          Things As It Is

          Soprano, Alto Flute, and Piano

          $27.00 - $49.50
        • Food and Gladness: Seven Songs to Texts by Fannie Farmer Food and Gladness: Seven Songs to Texts by Fannie Farmer

          Food and Gladness: Seven Songs to Texts by Fannie Farmer

            Edith Borroff

            Food and Gladness: Seven Songs to Texts by Fannie Farmer

            Mezzo-soprano, piano

            $25.00 - $29.00
          • NIGHTSONGS: Sence You Went Away NIGHTSONGS: Sence You Went Away

            NIGHTSONGS: Sence You Went Away

              H. Leslie Adams

              NIGHTSONGS: Sence You Went Away

              Voice (High, Medium, Low, or Lower) and Piano

              $16.00 - $21.50
            • NIGHTSONGS: All Vocal Ranges NIGHTSONGS: All Vocal Ranges

              NIGHTSONGS: All Vocal Ranges

                H. Leslie Adams

                NIGHTSONGS: All Vocal Ranges

                Voice (High, Medium, or Low) and Piano

                $29.25 - $45.00
              • FIVE MILLAY SONGS (High, Medium, and Low Voice) FIVE MILLAY SONGS (High, Medium, and Low Voice)

                FIVE MILLAY SONGS (High, Medium, and Low Voice)

                  H. Leslie Adams

                  FIVE MILLAY SONGS (High, Medium, and Low Voice)

                  Voice (High, Medium, or Low) and Piano

                  $37.00 - $56.50
                • Five Millay Songs (High Voice) Five Millay Songs (High Voice)

                  Five Millay Songs (High Voice)

                    H. Leslie Adams

                    Five Millay Songs (High Voice)

                    High Voice and Piano

                    $18.50 - $30.00
                  • FIVE SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE - Mezzo, flute or violin, or clarinet, and piano FIVE SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE - Mezzo, flute or violin, or clarinet, and piano

                    FIVE SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE - Mezzo, flute or violin, or clarinet, and piano

                      Vally Weigl

                      FIVE SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE - Mezzo, flute or violin, or clarinet, and piano

                      mezzo-sop, fl (or vln, or cl), pf

                      $26.50 - $46.50
                    • NIGHTSONGS: Prayer NIGHTSONGS: Prayer

                      NIGHTSONGS: Prayer

                        H. Leslie Adams

                        NIGHTSONGS: Prayer

                        Voice and PIano

                        $10.00 - $13.00
                      • Give Birth to the Dream - for Baritone and Piano Give Birth to the Dream - for Baritone and Piano

                        Give Birth to the Dream - for Baritone and Piano

                          Dolores R. White

                          Give Birth to the Dream - for Baritone and Piano

                          Baritone and Piano

                          $15.00 - $17.00
                        • Give Birth to the Dream - for High Voice and Piano Give Birth to the Dream - for High Voice and Piano

                          Give Birth to the Dream - for High Voice and Piano

                            Dolores R. White

                            Give Birth to the Dream - for High Voice and Piano

                            Soprano or Tenor and Piano

                            $15.00 - $17.00
                          • REQUIEM FOR ALLISON REQUIEM FOR ALLISON

                            REQUIEM FOR ALLISON

                              Vally Weigl

                              REQUIEM FOR ALLISON

                              Soprano or Mezzo, with either string quartet or string orchestra

                              $12.00 - $34.00
                            • Voices from the Light - Vocal Score Voices from the Light - Vocal Score

                              Voices from the Light - Vocal Score

                                Dorothy Rudd Moore

                                Voices from the Light - Vocal Score

                                SSA Women's Chorus, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano

                                $6.00 - $34.50
                              • Second Chances Second Chances

                                Second Chances

                                  Martin Boykan

                                  Second Chances

                                  Mezzo-soprano and Piano

                                  $26.00 - $31.00
                                • Spun Glass Spun Glass

                                  Spun Glass

                                    David Liptak

                                    Spun Glass

                                    Soprano and Piano

                                    $16.00 - $18.00
                                  • H & G, a Great and Terrible Story H & G, a Great and Terrible Story

                                    H & G, a Great and Terrible Story

                                      Allen Shawn

                                      H & G, a Great and Terrible Story

                                      solo voices, piano

                                      $73.50 - $98.50
                                    • LULLABY from the opera Frederick Douglass - song version LULLABY from the opera Frederick Douglass - song version

                                      LULLABY from the opera Frederick Douglass - song version

                                        Dorothy Rudd Moore

                                        LULLABY from the opera Frederick Douglass - song version

                                        Soprano and Piano

                                        $11.50 - $25.00
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                                      • "My Very Dear Sarah..." "My Very Dear Sarah..."

                                        "My Very Dear Sarah..."

                                          Jay Anthony Gach

                                          "My Very Dear Sarah..."

                                          Lyric Baritone and Piano Quintet

                                          $17.00 - $43.50
                                        • LETTER TO A FRIEND'S LONELINESS LETTER TO A FRIEND'S LONELINESS

                                          LETTER TO A FRIEND'S LONELINESS

                                            Nancy Van de Vate

                                            LETTER TO A FRIEND'S LONELINESS

                                            Soprano and String Quartet

                                            $39.50
                                            🔉
                                          • LEVIN SONGS LEVIN SONGS

                                            LEVIN SONGS

                                              Roger Stubblefield

                                              LEVIN SONGS

                                              Voice and Piano

                                              $52.00 - $62.00
                                            • Symphony No. 3: "Celebration" Symphony No. 3: "Celebration"

                                              Symphony No. 3: "Celebration"

                                                Thomas L. Read

                                                Symphony No. 3: "Celebration"

                                                Orchestra and Chorus 3(3=picc)222 - 4331 - timp, 3 perc, hp - SATB chorus -strings

                                                $41.50 - $125.00
                                              • ANNE RUTLEDGE ANNE RUTLEDGE

                                                ANNE RUTLEDGE

                                                  Jay Anthony Gach

                                                  ANNE RUTLEDGE

                                                  Orchestra 2(2+picc)2(2=EH)22 - 423(3=btbn)1 - timp, 2 perc, hp - strings

                                                  $49.50
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                                                • BEYOND TIME (Song Cycle) BEYOND TIME (Song Cycle)

                                                  BEYOND TIME (Song Cycle)

                                                    Vally Weigl

                                                    BEYOND TIME (Song Cycle)

                                                    high voice, violin or flute obl, piano

                                                    $16.50 - $32.50