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Author: T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Collected Poems 1909-1935
Four Quartets
Journey of the Magi
Landscapes
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Poems
Poems written in Early Youth
Preludes
The Waste Land

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A cold coming we had of it (from Journey of the Magi) *
I. Anhalt: Journey of the Magi
B. Britten: Canticle IV (The Journey of the Magi)

Anthem (The dove descending breaks the air) - I. Stravinsky *
Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees
G. Bachlund: Sweeney among the nightingales

Ash on and old man's sleeve (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
At the still point (Garlic and sapphires in the mud ) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - J. Mitchell *
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
J. Mitchell: At the still point

Burnt Norton (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - P. Whear [x] *
Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town (Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town

Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town

Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town (Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - A. Rawsthorne [x] *
Canticle IV (The Journey of the Magi) (A cold coming we had of it ) (from Journey of the Magi) - B. Britten *
Canticle V (The Death of Saint Narcissus) (Come under the shadow of this gray rock) (from Poems written in Early Youth) - B. Britten *
Cape Ann (O quick quick quick, quick hear the song-sparrow ) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Children's voices in the orchard (from Landscapes) *
D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, G. Burt, J. Christou, D. Healey, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young, T. Adès: New Hampshire

Come under the shadow of this gray rock (from Poems written in Early Youth) *
B. Britten: Canticle V (The Death of Saint Narcissus)

Death by Water (Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead ) (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) - J. Christou ITA
Do not suddenly break the branch, or (from Landscapes) *
T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young: Usk

East Coker (O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark ) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - D. Bourgeois *
En Amerique, professeur (from Poems)
J. Christou: Mélange adultère de tout

Eyes that last I saw in tears (Eyes that last I saw in tears) - J. Christou, J. Gruen, J. McCabe
Eyes that last I saw in tears
J. Christou, J. Gruen, J. McCabe: Eyes that last I saw in tears

Five-finger exercises (The songsters of the air repair ) - P. Reif [x] *
For an Old Man (The tiger in the tiger-pit is not more irritable than I ) (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) - D. Diamond *
Garlic and sapphires in the mud (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
J. Mitchell: At the still point

Growltiger was a Bravo Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
H. Searle: Growltiger's Last Stand

Growltiger's Last Stand (Growltiger was a Bravo Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
H. Searle: Growltiger's Last Stand

Gus is the Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: Gus: The Theatre Cat

Gus: The Theatre Cat (Gus is the Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - A. Rawsthorne [x] *
Gus: The Theatre Cat (Gus is the Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: Gus: The Theatre Cat

Here is a place of disaffection (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
Here the crow starves, here the patient stag (from Landscapes) *
T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young: Rannoch, by Glencoe

His soul stretched tight across the skies (His soul stretched tight across the skies) (from Preludes) - H. Swanson
His soul stretched tight across the skies (from Preludes)
H. Swanson: His soul stretched tight across the skies

I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
I have a Gumbie Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: The Old Gumbie Cat

I sometimes wonder if that is what Krishna meant -- (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
In my beginning is my end. In succession (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
In order to arrive there (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
J. Mitchell: Shall I say it again?
D. Bourgeois: East Coker

Jellicle Cats come out tonight (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
D. ApIvor, D. Howell, B. Price, A. Rawsthorne: The Song of the Jellicles

Journey of the Magi (A cold coming we had of it ) (from Journey of the Magi) - I. Anhalt *
Lady, whose shrine stands on the promontory (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
Lines for an Old Man (The tiger in the tiger-pit is not more irritable than I ) (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) *
D. Diamond: For an Old Man

Little Gidding (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - A. Bliss [x]
Macavity: The Mystery Cat (Macavity's a Mystery Cat ) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - H. Searle [x] *
Macavity's a Mystery Cat (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
H. Searle: Macavity: The Mystery Cat

Mélange adultère de tout (En Amerique, professeur) (from Poems) - J. Christou
Midwinter spring is its own season (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
New Hampshire (Children's voices in the orchard) (from Landscapes) - D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, G. Burt, J. Christou, D. Healey, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young, T. Adès *
O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
J. Mitchell: Shall I say it again?
D. Bourgeois: East Coker

O quick quick quick, quick hear the song-sparrow (from Landscapes) *
T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young: Cape Ann

Old Deuteronomy (Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: Old Deuteronomy

Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: Old Deuteronomy

Phlebas (Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead ) (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) - S. Burkinshaw ITA
Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) ITA
J. Christou: Death by Water
S. Burkinshaw: Phlebas
D. MacInnis: The Waste Land

Prelude I (The winter evening settles down) (from Preludes) - W. Peterson
Rannoch, by Glencoe (Here the crow starves, here the patient stag) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Red river, red river (from Landscapes) *
T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Christou, J. Paynter, J. Purser, K. Rathaus, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young: Virginia

Rose garden (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - Z. Bargielski POL [x]
Różany ogród - Z. Bargielski [x] *
Shall I say it again? (O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark ) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - J. Mitchell *
Shall I say it again? (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
J. Mitchell: Shall I say it again?
D. Bourgeois: East Coker

[No Title] (Sin is Behovely, but ) (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - S. Gubaidulina *
Sin is Behovely, but (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
S. Gubaidulina: Sin is Behovely, but

Skimbleshanks: the railway cat (There's a whisper down the line at 11.39) - R. Groot *
So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years -- (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
Sweeney among the nightingales (Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees ) - G. Bachlund
The Naming of Cats (The Naming of Cats) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne, D. Keats: The Naming of Cats

The Old Gumbie Cat (I have a Gumbie Cat) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne: The Old Gumbie Cat

[No Title] (The chill ascends from feet to knees ) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - S. Gubaidulina *
The chill ascends from feet to knees (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
G. Whettam: The wounded surgeon plies the steel
S. Gubaidulina: The chill ascends from feet to knees

The dove (The dove descending breaks the air) - A. Lourié *
The dove descending (The dove descending breaks the air) - J. Harvey *
The dove descending breaks the air *
I. Stravinsky: Anthem
J. Harvey: The dove descending
A. Lourié: The dove

The dove descending breaks the air (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
The morning comes to consciousness (The morning comes to consciousness) (from Preludes) - E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson
The morning comes to consciousness (from Preludes)
E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson: The morning comes to consciousness

The Naming of Cats (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) [x] *
A. Rawsthorne, D. Keats: The Naming of Cats

The Song of the Jellicles (Jellicle Cats come out tonight ) (from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) - D. ApIvor, D. Howell, B. Price, A. Rawsthorne [x] *
The songsters of the air repair [x] *
P. Reif: Five-finger exercises

The tiger in the tiger-pit is not more irritable than I (from Collected Poems 1909-1935) *
D. Diamond: For an Old Man

The Waste Land (Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead ) (from The Waste Land - 4. Death by Water) - D. MacInnis ITA
The wind sprang up at four o' clock (The wind sprang up at four o'clock) - J. Christou *
The wind sprang up at four o'clock *
J. Christou: The wind sprang up at four o' clock

The winter evening settles down (The winter evening settles down) (from Preludes) - E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson
The winter evening settles down (from Preludes)
W. Peterson: Prelude I
E. Rautavaara, H. Swanson: The winter evening settles down

The wounded surgeon plies the steel (The chill ascends from feet to knees ) (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) - G. Whettam *
The wounded surgeon plies the steel (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
G. Whettam: The wounded surgeon plies the steel
S. Gubaidulina: The chill ascends from feet to knees

There are three conditions which often look alike (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
There's a whisper down the line at 11.39 *
R. Groot: Skimbleshanks: the railway cat

Time and the bell (Time and the bell have buried the day) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - J. Gruen *
[No Title] (Time and the bell have buried the day) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - S. Gubaidulina *
Time and the bell have buried the day (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
J. Gruen: Time and the bell
S. Gubaidulina: Time and the bell have buried the day

Time present and time past (Time present and time past ) (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) - J. Mitchell *
Time present and time past (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
J. Mitchell: Time present and time past

To communicate with Mars, converse with spirits (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
Usk (Do not suddenly break the branch, or) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, L. Burritt, J. Paynter, J. Purser, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
Virginia (Red river, red river) (from Landscapes) - T. Adès, D. ApIvor, V. Archer, L. Burritt, J. Christou, J. Paynter, J. Purser, K. Rathaus, G. Smith, A. Thomas, D. Young *
We shall not cease from exploration (What we call the beginning is often the end ) (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) - J. Mitchell *
We shall not cease from exploration (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
J. Mitchell: We shall not cease from exploration

Wer ist der dritte - W. Vogel (Text: after T. S. Eliot) [x]
What is the late November doing (from Four Quartets - 2. East Coker) *
What we call the beginning is often the end (from Four Quartets - 4. Little Gidding) *
J. Mitchell: We shall not cease from exploration

Where is there an end of it? (Where is there an end of it, the soundless wailing) (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) - J. Mitchell *
Where is there an end of it, the soundless wailing (from Four Quartets - 3. The Dry Salvages) *
J. Mitchell: Where is there an end of it?

Who is the third who walks always beside you? (from The Waste Land - 5. What the Thunder Said) GER
Words move, music moves (from Four Quartets - 1. Burnt Norton) *
You tossed a blanket from the bed (You tossed a blanket from the bed) (from Preludes) - H. Swanson
You tossed a blanket from the bed (from Preludes)
H. Swanson: You tossed a blanket from the bed

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