Much madness is divinest sense

Much madness is divinest sense
To [a]1 discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
'Tis the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane,
Demur, - you're straightaway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems of Emily Dickinson, published 1890

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Robert F. Baksa (1938-) , "Much madness is divinest sense", published 1977, from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 1.
by Sergius Kagen (1909-1964) , "Much madness is divinest sense", published 1956 [voice, clarinet or chamber orchestra], from The Mob Within the Heart, no. ?
by Jules Langert (1932-) , "Much madness is divinest sense", from Three Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 1.
by Harris Lindenfeld (1945-) , no title [soprano, e flat clarinet, and piano], from 3 Dickinson Songs, no. ?

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