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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
Other authors and instruments can be specified using the filters below.
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Matthew Greenbaum
WILD ROSE, LILY, DRY VANILLA
Soprano, Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello, Banjo, and guitar
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Jan Gilbert
Of Heloise: Four Song Settings of the Poetry of Judith Infante
Soprano, String Quartet
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Jan Gilbert
ABELARD: CONFESSION, TO HELOISE (FROM "OF HELOISE")
Countertenor and Viola
$10.50 - $11.50 -
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Miriam Gideon
LITTLE IVORY FIGURES PULLED WITH STRING
medium voice (some spoken, non-pitched, some sung) and guitar
$8.50 - $14.50 -
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David Froom
Lament for the City - for Period Instruments
Tenor, Recorder (Alto/Tenor), Tenor Lute, 2 Bass Viols, and Dulcian
$25.00 - $48.00 -
David Froom
Lament for the City - for Modern Instruments
Baritone, Flute, Baritone Saxophone, Guitar, Viola, Cello, and Percussion
$42.50 - $50.00 -
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