Author: Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

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A little while (A little while when I am gone) - G. Baxter
A little while when I am gone
G. Baxter: A little while

A Song at Capri (When beauty grows too great to bear) - M. Hill
A white star born in the evening glow
G. Bachlund: The Star and the Pig

Advice to a Girl (No one worth possessing ) - R. Baksa, J. Behrend, R. Starer *
After parting (Oh, I have sown my love so wide) - J. Spencer
Alone (I am alone, in spite of love) - B. Murray
April Song (Willow, in your April gown ) - H. Harelson
April Song (Brown-thrush singing all day long ) - R. Baksa
As the waves of perfume, heliotrope, rose
D. Thomas: Old tunes

At night (We are apart; the city grows quiet between us) - D. Thomas
Beatrice (Send out the singers -- let the room be still) - H. Milligan
Broadway (This is the quiet hour; the theaters) - G. Bachlund
Brown-thrush singing all day long
R. Baksa: April Song
S. Barab, H. Milligan, W. Watts: Love me
K. Clarke: Love me, kiss me

Buildings above the leafless trees
J. Duke, G. Bachlund: Central Park at Dusk

Capri (When beauty grows too great to bear) - W. Watts, J. Duke
Central Park at Dusk (Buildings above the leafless trees ) - J. Duke, G. Bachlund
Coney Island (Why did you bring me here?) - G. Bachlund
Did you never know (Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me) - R. Baksa
Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me
R. Baksa: Did you never know

Did you never know? (Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me)
R. Baksa: Did you never know

Dreamily over the roofs
E. Bacon, H. Milligan: Twilight
W. Watts: Wings of Night

February twilight (I stood beside a hill ) - G. Baxter, J. Duke *
Florence (The bells ring over the Anno) - W. Watts
Full Moon (Santa Barbara) (I listened, there was not a sound to hear) - D. Thomas
I am alone, in spite of love
B. Murray: Alone

I am the still rain (I am the still rain falling ) - R. Farley
I am the still rain falling
M. Andrews, C. Busch, E. De Lamarter, J. Spencer: Moods
R. Farley: I am the still rain

I asked the heaven of stars GER
A. Barnett, A. Beach, H. Matthews, H. Matthews, C. Naginski, W. Watts: Night Song at Amalfi
D. Williams: Night Song

I came to the crowded Inn of Earth
G. Baxter: The Inn of Earth

I cannot die, who drank delight
D. Thomas: The wine

I heard a cry (I heard a cry in the night) - W. Fisher
[No Title] (I heard a cry in the night) - A. Rihm
I heard a cry in the night
A. Beach: Message
A. Rihm: I heard a cry in the night
H. Clarke: It was your voice
J. Ivey: To one away
W. Fisher: I heard a cry

I hoped that he would love me
G. Bachlund, S. Barab, A. Jacchia, J. Kennedy: The kiss

I listened, there was not a sound to hear
D. Thomas: Full Moon (Santa Barbara)

I must have passed the crest a while ago
G. Baxter: The long hill

I saw her in a Broadway car
G. Bachlund: The old maid

I stood beside a hill *
G. Baxter, J. Duke: February twilight

I think the moon is very kind
D. Thomas: The kind moon

I would live in your love (I would live in your love) - J. Ivey, B. Murray
I would live in your love
J. Ivey, B. Murray: I would live in your love

Ich frag hinauf in die Sterne, was ich dem Liebsten soll schenken ENG GER (after Sara Teasdale) [x]
H. Genzmer: Nachts bei Amalfi

In the wild soft summer darkness
G. Bachlund: Summer night, riverside

It was your voice (I heard a cry in the night) - H. Clarke
Lass es sein vergessen, wie eine Blume vergessen ENG GER (after Sara Teasdale) [x]
H. Genzmer: Lied

Less than the cloud (Less than the cloud to the wind) - J. McGill
Less than the cloud to the wind (Less than the cloud to the wind) - G. Bachlund, H. Milligan
Less than the cloud to the wind
J. McGill: Less than the cloud
G. Bachlund, H. Milligan: Less than the cloud to the wind

Let it be forgotten (Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten) - G. Baxter, D. Mills, V. Persichetti, J. Zaimont, R. Farley, S. Kagen, K. Mechem, K. Mechem, M. Merrill, J. Sacco, W. Watts GER
Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten GER
G. Baxter, D. Mills, V. Persichetti, J. Zaimont, R. Farley, S. Kagen, K. Mechem, K. Mechem, M. Merrill, J. Sacco, W. Watts: Let it be forgotten

Let it be you (Let it be you who lean above me) - G. Baxter *
Let it be you who lean above me *
G. Baxter: Let it be you

Lied (Lass es sein vergessen, wie eine Blume vergessen) - H. Genzmer ENG GER (after Sara Teasdale) [x]
Love me (Brown-thrush singing all day long ) - S. Barab, H. Milligan, W. Watts
Love me, kiss me (Brown-thrush singing all day long ) - K. Clarke
Message (I heard a cry in the night) - A. Beach
Moods (I am the still rain falling ) - M. Andrews, C. Busch, E. De Lamarter, J. Spencer
Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill
D. Thomas: Moon's ending

Moon's ending (Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill) - D. Thomas
Nachts bei Amalfi (Ich frag hinauf in die Sterne, was ich dem Liebsten soll schenken) - H. Genzmer ENG GER (after Sara Teasdale) [x]
Naples (Nisida and Prosida are laughing in the light) - W. Watts
Night Song (I asked the heaven of stars ) - D. Williams GER
Night Song at Amalfi (I asked the heaven of stars ) - A. Barnett, A. Beach, H. Matthews, H. Matthews, C. Naginski, W. Watts GER
Nights without sleep (Nights without sleep and days) - G. Baxter *
Nights without sleep and days *
G. Baxter: Nights without sleep

Nisida and Prosida are laughing in the light
W. Watts: Naples

No one worth possessing *
R. Baksa, J. Behrend, R. Starer: Advice to a Girl

O mother, I am sick of love
R. Baksa: When love goes

Off Algiers (Oh give me neither love nor tears) - W. Watts
Oh for the rising moon
W. Watts: Rome

Oh give me neither love nor tears
W. Watts: Off Algiers

Oh, I have sown my love so wide
J. Spencer: After parting

Old tunes (As the waves of perfume, heliotrope, rose) - D. Thomas
On lowlands where the temples lie
W. Watts: Ruins of Paestum

Pastorale (Strephon kissed me in the spring) - D. Rybner
Pierrot (Pierrot stands in the garden) - C. Griffes, M. Andrews, M. Andrews, S. Barab, J. McGill, H. Milligan, G. Read, D. Rybner, H. Samuels, W. Watts
Pierrot stands in the garden
R. Baksa: Portrait of Pierrot
C. Griffes, M. Andrews, M. Andrews, S. Barab, J. McGill, H. Milligan, G. Read, D. Rybner, H. Samuels, W. Watts: Pierrot

Portrait of Pierrot (Pierrot stands in the garden) - R. Baksa
Rome (Oh for the rising moon) - W. Watts
Ruins of Paestum (On lowlands where the temples lie) - W. Watts
Send out the singers -- let the room be still
H. Milligan: Beatrice

Song at Capri (When beauty grows too great to bear) - A. Barnett
Strephon kissed me in the spring
S. Barab, J. Behrend, A. Fish, M. Flothuis, F. Fox, M. Hill, R. Housman, F. Jacobi, J. Kennedy, E. Menges, B. Murray: The look
F. Foster: The Kiss in Colin's Eyes
D. Rybner: Pastorale

Stresa (The moon grows out of the hills) - W. Watts
Summer night, riverside (In the wild soft summer darkness) - G. Bachlund
The bells ring over the Anno
W. Watts: Florence

The fountain shivers lightly in the rain
W. Watts: Villa Serbelloni, Bellaggio

The Inn of Earth (I came to the crowded Inn of Earth) - G. Baxter
The kind moon (I think the moon is very kind) - D. Thomas
The kiss (I hoped that he would love me) - G. Bachlund, S. Barab, A. Jacchia, J. Kennedy
The Kiss in Colin's Eyes (Strephon kissed me in the spring) - F. Foster
The long hill (I must have passed the crest a while ago) - G. Baxter
The look (Strephon kissed me in the spring) - S. Barab, J. Behrend, A. Fish, M. Flothuis, F. Fox, M. Hill, R. Housman, F. Jacobi, J. Kennedy, E. Menges, B. Murray
The message - E. Charles [x]
The moon grows out of the hills
W. Watts: Stresa

The old maid (I saw her in a Broadway car) - G. Bachlund
The Star and the Pig (A white star born in the evening glow) - G. Bachlund
The wine (I cannot die, who drank delight) - D. Thomas
There will be stars (There will be stars over the place forever) - J. Duke *
There will be stars over the place forever *
J. Duke: There will be stars

There will come soft rains (There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground) - G. Baxter
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground
G. Baxter: There will come soft rains

This is the quiet hour; the theaters
G. Bachlund: Broadway

To one away (I heard a cry in the night) - J. Ivey
Twilight (Dreamily over the roofs ) - E. Bacon, H. Milligan
Villa Serbelloni, Bellaggio (The fountain shivers lightly in the rain) - W. Watts
We are apart; the city grows quiet between us
D. Thomas: At night

When beauty grows too great to bear
M. Hill: A Song at Capri
A. Barnett: Song at Capri
W. Watts, J. Duke: Capri

When love goes (O mother, I am sick of love) - R. Baksa
Why did you bring me here?
G. Bachlund: Coney Island

Willow in your April gown (Willow, in your April gown ) - H. Milligan
Willow, in your April gown
H. Harelson: April Song
H. Milligan: Willow in your April gown

Wings of Night (Dreamily over the roofs ) - W. Watts
Your face is beautiful (Your face is beautiful beyond all other faces) - G. Baxter
Your face is beautiful beyond all other faces
G. Baxter: Your face is beautiful

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