Works about Love
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Poet/Lyricist: Hafiz / Daniel Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
A Love Like That: Songs of Unconditional Love
Six songs full of wholehearted grace, generosity and awe
Six songs full of wholehearted grace, generosity and awe
Poet/Lyricist: Silsbee, Emerson, Hafiz, Alexander, White
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Solo Voice
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Rose Ausländer
- Soprano, chamber orchestra
Level: A
Poet/Lyricist: Langston Hughes
- SSATB, piano
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Scott Bates
- SSATB, piano
Level: M
Go Out! (Concert-Length Work)
A poetic and feisty tribute to liberal religion and freedom of thought
A poetic and feisty tribute to liberal religion and freedom of thought
Poet/Lyricist: Centuries of Strong-Minded People
- A variety of vocal forces
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Alfred S. Cole, as inspired by Rev. John Murray
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Holy One, Source of Radiance and Reason
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
Poet/Lyricist: Rob Eller-Isaacs
- Flexible voicing: SATB a cappella OR 2-5 part canon
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: John Greenleaf Whittier
- SATB a cappella
Level: ME
- Viola, piano
- Cello, piano
Level: MA
In the Lonely Midnight
A Christmas carol bearing both mourning and hope, with a lyric written on the eve of World War I
A Christmas carol bearing both mourning and hope, with a lyric written on the eve of World War I
Poet/Lyricist: Theodore Chickering Williams
- SATB, piano
- SATB, orchestra
Level: ME
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
A beloved Polish carol with two different arrangements: “Soulful Close Harmony” and “Classical Chorale”
A beloved Polish carol with two different arrangements: “Soulful Close Harmony” and “Classical Chorale”
Poet/Lyricist: Traditional, additional lyrics by Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA a cappella
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Tony Larsen, additional lyrics by Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Lyon, Ignatow, Moore, Ammons, Erdrich, White, Hafiz / Ladinsky
- Voice, cello, piano
Level: Various
Nature Creature (musical score)
A passionate, eclectic song cycle on the beauty and complexity of being alive
A passionate, eclectic song cycle on the beauty and complexity of being alive
Poet/Lyricist: Lyon, Ignatow, Moore, Ammons, Erdrich, White, Hafiz / Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano, opt. cello
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
Level: A
Poet/Lyricist: Gregory Orr
- SATB, piano, string quartet or string orchestra
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Ann Silsbee
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Kabir
- SATB a cappella
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Langston Hughes, e. e. cummings, Carl Sandburg
- SATB a cappella
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSA, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Rabbis Sylvan Kamens / Jack Riemer
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: E. E. Cummings
- SATB a cappella
Level: MA
Y Comienzo a Bailar (“And I Begin To Dance”)
An intimate portrait of the bittersweet experience of memory, loss, and love
An intimate portrait of the bittersweet experience of memory, loss, and love
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander / Augustin Cadena
- SATB, piano
Level: MA