Author: Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

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I Sing the Body Electric
Leaves of Grass
Song of Myself
Song of the Universal
Specimen Days

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[No Title] - E. Bonner ENG [x]
[No Title] - E. Bonner ENG [x]
A batter'd and wreck'd old man
R. Strassburg: Prayer of Columbus

A batter'd wreck'd old man
R. Strassburg: Prayer of Columbus

A child said, What is the grass? (A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands ) (from Song of Myself) - N. Lockwood GER
A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands (from Song of Myself) GER
N. Lockwood: A child said, What is the grass?

A child's amaze (Silent and amazed even when a little boy) - R. Schonthal
A clear midnight (This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless ) - L. Hoiby, R. Vaughan Williams, U. Grahn, E. Bacon, E. Bonner, P. Dalmas, P. Glass, A. Kunz, V. Persichetti, L. Reed, E. Spalding, H. Spier, H. Willan, D. Gilliam, M. Ostrzyga, H. Somers
A dirge for two veterans (The last sunbeam) - G. Holst
A farm picture (Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn) - O. Luening, R. Schonthal, J. Klein
A Glimpse (A glimpse, through an interstice caught ) - N. Rorem
[No Title] (A glimpse, through an interstice caught ) - F. Delius
A glimpse, through an interstice caught
N. Rorem: A Glimpse
F. Delius: A glimpse, through an interstice caught

A jubilant song (O to make the most jubilant song!) - N. Dello Joio
A mask, a perpetual disguise of herself
R. Schonthal: Visor'd

A night battle (There was part of the late battle at Chancellorsville ) (from Specimen Days) - N. Rorem
A night battle, over a week since (There was part of the late battle at Chancellorsville ) (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: A night battle

A sight in camp (A sight in camp in the daybreak grey and dim ) - D. Symons, R. Cumming, E. Bryson
A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim (A sight in camp in the daybreak grey and dim ) - R. Thomas
A sight in camp in the daybreak grey and dim (A sight in camp in the daybreak grey and dim )
R. Thomas: A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim
D. Symons, R. Cumming, E. Bryson: A sight in camp

A sight in camp in the daybreak grey and dim
R. Thomas: A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim
D. Symons, R. Cumming, E. Bryson: A sight in camp

A song of joys (O to make the most jubilant song!) - P. Creston, A. Doherty
A specimen case (In one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M ) (from Specimen Days) - N. Rorem
Aboard, at a ship's helm (Aboard, at a ship's helm) (from Leaves of Grass) - G. Booth
Aboard, at a ship's helm (from Leaves of Grass)
G. Booth: Aboard, at a ship's helm

Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road
W. Wijdeveld: Song of the open road
N. Rorem: The Open Road

After a week of physical anguish
R. Harris: An Evening Lull

After the dazzle of day (After the dazzle of day is gone) - H. Somers
After the dazzle of day is gone
H. Somers: After the dazzle of day

After the Sea-Ship (After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds )
R. Vaughan Williams: Scherzo - The Waves

After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds
R. Vaughan Williams: Scherzo - The Waves

after the whistling winds
M. Ostrzyga: On the beach at night, alone

Ages and ages, returning at intervals (Ages and ages, returning at intervals ) GER
Ages and ages, returning at intervals GER
All Peoples of the Globe Together Sail (One thought ever at the fore ) - R. Ward
[No Title] (Among the men and women the multitude ) - F. Delius
Among the men and women the multitude
F. Delius: Among the men and women the multitude
C. Urquhart: Among the multitude

Among the multitude (Among the men and women the multitude ) - C. Urquhart
An Abraham Lincoln Song (O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done) - W. Damrosch, W. Damrosch
An ended day (The soothing sanity and blitheness of completion) - L. Segerstam
An Evening Lull (After a week of physical anguish) - R. Harris
An incident (It is Sunday afternoon, middle of summer, hot and oppressive ) - N. Rorem
An old man bending, I come, among new faces
J. Adams: The Wound-Dresser

An old man's thoughts of school
H. Hanson: Song of Democracy

And so good-bye to the war. I know not how it may have been (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: The real war will never get in the books

And Thou America (And thou, America!) (from Song of the Universal) - R. Valerio
And thou, America! (from Song of the Universal)
R. Valerio: And Thou America

And whence and why come you
E. Bacon, L. Segerstam: Lingering Last Drops

Approach, strong Deliveress!
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb: The night in silence under many a star

Approach Strong Deliveress! (Come lovely and soothing death ) - G. Crumb
Are you the new person drawn toward me
N. Rorem: Are you the new person?

Are you the new person? (Are you the new person drawn toward me) - N. Rorem
As Adam, early in the morning (As Adam early in the morning ) - N. Rorem
[No Title] (As Adam early in the morning ) - F. Delius
As Adam early in the morning
N. Rorem: As Adam, early in the morning
F. Delius: As Adam early in the morning

As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing (As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing ) - P. Dalmas, R. Ward
As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing
P. Dalmas, R. Ward: As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing
W. Neidlinger: Life and Death
A. Stout: The harvest according

As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing (As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing ) - P. Dalmas, R. Ward
At the dance and supper room
N. Rorem: Inauguration Ball

At the last (At the last, tenderly) - E. Bacon, M. Besly, O. Luening
At the last, tenderly
L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Whithorne: Invocation
E. Bacon, M. Besly, O. Luening: At the last
A. Bergh: The imprisoned soul
S. Adler, G. Binkerd, E. Bonner, J. Boyd, F. Bridge, J. Carter, R. Diggle, P. Garratt, P. Glass, E. Henderson, W. Hively, L. Kastle, A. Powers, J. Rogers, A. Schmutz, W. Schuman, E. Spalding, W. Storey-Smith, T. Whitmer, R. Thompson, T. Pasatieri: The last invocation

At the tomb - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Au pied d'une tombe - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Be composed - be at case with me - I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature
N. Rorem: To a common prostitute

Bearing the bandages, water and sponge
J. Adams: The Wound-Dresser

Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow GER
E. Bacon, S. Coleridge-Taylor, H. Hanson, F. Heath, C. Loeffler, W. Neidlinger, S. Raphling, A. Stoessel, C. Vrionides, K. Weill, K. Weill, R. Thomas: Beat! Beat! Drums!
R. Vaughan Williams: Beat! beat! drums!

Beat! beat! drums! (Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow) - R. Vaughan Williams GER
Beginning my studies (Beginning my studies the first step pleas'd me so much) - L. Hoiby
Beginning my studies the first step pleas'd me so much
L. Hoiby: Beginning my studies

Behold this swarthy face (Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes ) - G. Busby
Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes
G. Busby: Behold this swarthy face

Blow! blow! blow! (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

Clear Midnight (This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless ) - J. Hanna
Coffin that passes through lanes and streets
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

[No Title] (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble) - H. Norris
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble
E. Zuckmayer: Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy)
R. Boughton: The Love of Comrades
M. Frank, Anonymous, I. Gertz, E. Helm: For You O Democracy
G. Kleinsinger: Ode to Democracy
H. Norris: Come, I will make the continent indissoluble
F. White: Love of Comrades

Come lovely and soothing death (Come lovely and soothing death ) - G. Crumb
Come lovely and soothing death
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb: The night in silence under many a star

Come, said the Muse (Come, said the Muse) (from Song of the Universal) - T. Whitmer, H. Norris
Come, said the Muse (from Song of the Universal)
T. Whitmer, H. Norris: Come, said the Muse
V. Persichetti: Sing me the Universal

Come, said the Muse (Lo! keen-eyed, towering Science!) (from Song of the Universal) - H. Norris
Come, said the Muse (Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow) (from Song of the Universal) - H. Norris
Come, said the Muse (O the blest eyes! the happy hearts!) (from Song of the Universal) - H. Norris
Come up from the fields Father (Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete ) - K. Weill
Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete
K. Weill: Come up from the fields Father

Darest thou now O soul (Darest thou now O soul) - E. Bacon, R. Diggle, I. Freed
[No Title] (Darest thou now O soul) - S. Adler, M. Hennagin, C. Wood
Darest thou now O soul
S. Adler, M. Hennagin, M. Hennagin, C. Wood: Darest thou now O soul
B. Huhn: The Unknown
H. Henze: Whispers from heavenly death
R. Vaughan Williams, R. Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
E. Bonner, G. Chadwick, P. Glass, N. Lockwood, T. Whitmer, D. Williams: Darest thou now, O soul
W. Schuman: The Unknown Region
C. Stanford: To the Soul
E. Bacon, R. Diggle, I. Freed: Darest thou now O soul

Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (Come lovely and soothing death ) - G. Crumb
Das Gras (Ein Kind sagte: Was ist das Gras? ) - F. Schreker ENG GER
Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre (Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre ) - P. Hindemith ENG GER
Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre ENG GER
P. Hindemith: Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre

Dirge for two veterans (The last sunbeam) - F. Ritter, K. Weill, R. Vaughan Williams, N. Lockwood, T. Pasatieri, C. Wood, H. McDonald, B. Rogers, R. Thomas
Drum Taps (Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling ) - L. Elsmith
Ein Kind sagte: Was ist das Gras? ENG GER
F. Schreker: Das Gras

Élégie - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Elegy - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Ethiopia saluting the colors (Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human) - H. Burleigh, C. Wood
Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love (Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love!)
F. Delius: Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love!

[No Title] (Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love!) - F. Delius
Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love!
F. Delius: Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love!

Flaunt out, o sea (To-day a rude brief recitative ) (from Leaves of Grass) - V. Persichetti
For the numberless unknown heroes (With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums) (from Song of Myself) - H. Gaul
For You O Democracy (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble) - M. Frank, Anonymous, I. Gertz, E. Helm
Fragment from Calamus (O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you) - L. Harrison
From Montauk Point (I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak )
F. Delius: I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak

[No Title] (From pent-up, aching rivers) - F. Delius
From pent-up, aching rivers (From pent-up, aching rivers)
F. Delius: From pent-up, aching rivers

From pent-up, aching rivers
F. Delius: From pent-up, aching rivers

From some far shore (Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow) (from Song of the Universal) - W. Riegger
Full of life now (Full of life now, compact, visible) - N. Rorem
Full of life now, compact, visible
N. Rorem: Full of life now

Give me, O God, to sing that thought! (from Song of the Universal)
Give me the splendid silent sun (Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling ) - H. Gilbert, R. Harris, N. Lockwood, W. Spencer
Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling
H. Gilbert, R. Harris, N. Lockwood, W. Spencer: Give me the splendid silent sun
L. Elsmith: Drum Taps

Gliding o'er all (Gliding o'er all, through all) - O. Luening, N. Rorem, M. Hennagin, P. Stearns, N. Rorem
Gliding o'er all, through all
O. Luening, N. Rorem, M. Hennagin, P. Stearns, N. Rorem: Gliding o'er all

Gods (Lover divine and perfect Comrade ) - N. Rorem, M. Hennagin
Good-bye my fancy (Good-bye my fancy - (I had a word to say) - W. Flanagan, D. Williams
Good-bye my fancy - (I had a word to say
W. Flanagan, D. Williams: Good-bye my fancy

Grand is the seen (Grand is the seen, the light, to me -- grand are the sky and stars) - E. Bacon
Grand is the seen, the light, to me -- grand are the sky and stars
P. Stearns: Grand is the Seen
E. Bacon, E. Bacon: Grand is the seen

Halcyon days (Not from successful love alone) - N. Lockwood
[No Title] (Has any one supposed it lucky to be born?) (from Song of Myself) - H. Norris
Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? (from Song of Myself)
H. Norris: Has any one supposed it lucky to be born?

Hast never come to thee an hour (Hast never come to thee an hour) - M. Hennagin
Hast never come to thee an hour
M. Hennagin: Hast never come to thee an hour

Here the frailest (Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting) - O. Luening
Here the frailest leaves of me (Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting)
O. Luening: Here the frailest

Here the frailest leaves of me and yet my strongest lasting
O. Luening: Here the frailest

Hospital Scenes -- Incidents (It is Sunday afternoon, middle of summer, hot and oppressive )
N. Rorem: An incident

[No Title] (How sweet the silent backward tracings) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. Delius
How sweet the silent backward tracings (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Delius: How sweet the silent backward tracings

Hush'd be the camps to-day (Hush'd be the camps to-day) - C. Dougherty, H. Loomis, R. Ward
Hush'd be the camps to-day
C. Dougherty, H. Loomis, R. Ward: Hush'd be the camps to-day

I am he . . . (I am he that aches with amorous love) - N. Rorem
I am he that aches with amorous love
N. Rorem: I am he . . .

I am He that Aches with Love (I am he that aches with amorous love)
N. Rorem: I am he . . .

I am the poet of the Body (I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul ) (from Song of Myself) - B. Lees ITA
[No Title] (I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul ) (from Song of Myself) - H. Norris ITA
I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul (from Song of Myself) ITA
B. Lees: I am the poet of the Body
H. Norris: I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul
R. Williams: The Good Earth
L. Campbell-Tipton: Rhapsodie

I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you (from Song of Myself)
R. Lister: The Second Part III (A hum...).

I celebrate myself (I celebrate myself, and sing myself) (from Song of Myself) - V. Persichetti
I celebrate myself, and sing myself (from Song of Myself)
D. Brunner: In celebration
V. Persichetti: I celebrate myself

I hear America singing (I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear ) (from Leaves of Grass) - C. Eastham, H. Gaul, I. Gertz, S. Harte, G. Kleinsinger, S. Raphling, R. Reed
[No Title] (I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear ) (from Leaves of Grass) - N. Lockwood, L. Pfautsch
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear (from Leaves of Grass)
C. Eastham, H. Gaul, I. Gertz, S. Harte, G. Kleinsinger, S. Raphling, R. Reed: I hear America singing
V. Bay: Keep singing
N. Lockwood, L. Pfautsch: I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear

I know I have the best of time and space (I know I have the best of time and space, and was never measured and never will be measured ) (from Song of Myself) - T. Whitmer
I know I have the best of time and space, and was never measured and never will be measured (from Song of Myself)
T. Whitmer: I know I have the best of time and space

I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing (I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing ) - N. Rorem, D. Newlin
I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing
M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Louisiana
N. Rorem, D. Newlin: I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing

I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads
R. Schonthal, J. Klein: To old age

I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother
R. Schonthal, J. Klein: Mother and Babe

I sing the Body electric (I sing the Body electric) (from I Sing the Body Electric) - V. Persichetti
I sing the Body electric (from I Sing the Body Electric)
V. Persichetti: I sing the Body electric

[No Title] (I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak ) - F. Delius
I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak
F. Delius: I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak

I think I could turn (I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd) (from Song of Myself) - S. Kagen
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd (from Song of Myself)
S. Kagen: I think I could turn

I understand the large hearts of heroes
L. Hoiby: I was there

I was there (I understand the large hearts of heroes ) - L. Hoiby
Idyll (Once I pass'd through a populous city) - F. Delius
In celebration (I celebrate myself, and sing myself) (from Song of Myself) - D. Brunner
In one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: A specimen case

In some unused lagoon, some nameless bay
E. Bonner, D. Gustafson: The dismantled ship

In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd

[No Title] (In the swamp in secluded recesses ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
In the swamp in secluded recesses
R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
P. Hindemith: In the swamp in secluded recesses

Inauguration Ball (At the dance and supper room ) - N. Rorem
Invocation (At the last, tenderly) - L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Whithorne
It is Sunday afternoon, middle of summer, hot and oppressive
N. Rorem: An incident

Jeunesse, jour, vieillese et nuit - E. Spalding ENG [x]
Joy, shipmate, joy (Joy, shipmate, joy ) (from Leaves of Grass) - C. Stanford, R. Vaughan Williams
[No Title] (Joy, shipmate, joy ) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. Delius, T. Whitmer
Joy, shipmate, joy (from Leaves of Grass)
C. Stanford, R. Vaughan Williams: Joy, shipmate, joy
E. Bacon, L. Hoiby, D. Gustafson, B. Hall, P. Paviour, L. Robertson, J. Rogers: Joy, shipmate, joy!
F. Delius, T. Whitmer: Joy, shipmate, joy
V. Persichetti: Voyage

Jugend du große, sehnende, liebende! ENG (Text: after Walt Whitman) [x]
J. Marx: Jugend und Alter

Jugend und Alter (Jugend du große, sehnende, liebende!) - J. Marx ENG (Text: after Walt Whitman) [x]
Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy) (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble) - E. Zuckmayer
Keep singing (I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear ) (from Leaves of Grass) - V. Bay
Keep your splendid, silent sun
H. Gilbert, R. Harris, N. Lockwood, W. Spencer: Give me the splendid silent sun
L. Elsmith: Drum Taps

Life and Death (As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing ) - W. Neidlinger
Lingering Last Drops (And whence and why come you) - E. Bacon, L. Segerstam
Lo, body and soul -- this land
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: O what shall I hang on the chamber walls?

Lo! keen-eyed, towering Science! (from Song of the Universal)
H. Norris: Come, said the Muse

Lo, the moon ascending (The last sunbeam) - E. Bryson
[No Title] (Lo! the unbounded sea!) - N. Lockwood
Lo! the unbounded sea!
N. Lockwood: Lo! the unbounded sea!
C. Naginski, G. Booth, G. Harris, H. Sandby: The ship starting

Look down, fair moon (Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene) - C. Naginski, N. Rorem, H. Mollicone, J. Wallach, J. Hanna, J. Klein, W. Schuman, D. Hagen, N. Rorem
Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene (Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene) - B. Rands
Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene
H. Somers: Look down fair moon
C. Naginski, N. Rorem, H. Mollicone, J. Wallach, J. Hanna, J. Klein, W. Schuman, D. Hagen, N. Rorem: Look down, fair moon
B. Rands: Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene

Louisiana (I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing ) - M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Love of Comrades (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble) - F. White
Lovelost (Low hangs the moon -- it rose late) - M. Kilstofte
Lover divine and perfect Comrade
N. Rorem, M. Hennagin: Gods

Low hangs the moon -- it rose late
M. Kilstofte: Lovelost

Minuit clair - E. Spalding ENG [x]
Mother and Babe (I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother ) - R. Schonthal, J. Klein
Nacht - W. Burkhard (Text: after Walt Whitman) [x]
Nocturne (Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear) - R. Vaughan Williams
Nor for you, for one alone
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

Not from successful love alone
N. Lockwood: Halcyon days

[No Title] (Now finalè to the shore) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. Delius
Now finalè to the shore (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Delius: Now finalè to the shore

[No Title] (Now I will do nothing but listen) (from Song of Myself) - L. Pfautsch
Now I will do nothing but listen (from Song of Myself)
L. Pfautsch: Now I will do nothing but listen

[No Title] (Now while I sat in the day and look'd forth ) - P. Hindemith, P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
Now while I sat in the day and look'd forth
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day and look'd forth
P. Hindemith: Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird

O a new song, a free song
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done
L. Hoiby, K. Weill, A. Anderson, A. Bergh, J. Bohannan, F. Butcher, W. Earhart, A. Farwell: O captain! My captain!
W. Damrosch, W. Damrosch: An Abraham Lincoln Song

O captain! My captain! (O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done) - L. Hoiby, K. Weill, A. Anderson, A. Bergh, J. Bohannan, F. Butcher, W. Earhart, A. Farwell
O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?

O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor (O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor) - P. Hindemith ENG GER
O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor ENG GER
P. Hindemith: O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor

O powerful western fallen star!
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd

[No Title] (O span of youth! ever-push'd elasticity!) (from Song of Myself) - H. Norris
O span of youth! ever-push'd elasticity! (from Song of Myself)
H. Norris: O span of youth! ever-push'd elasticity!

O tan-faced prairie-boy!
R. Thomas: O tan-faced prairie-boy!

O tan-faced prairie-boy! (O tan-faced prairie-boy!) - R. Thomas
O the blest eyes! the happy hearts! (from Song of the Universal)
H. Norris: Come, said the Muse

O to make the most jubilant song (O to make the most jubilant song!) - E. Diemer
O to make the most jubilant song!
P. Creston, A. Doherty: A song of joys
E. Diemer: O to make the most jubilant song
N. Dello Joio: A jubilant song

[No Title] (O vast Rondure, swimming in space ) - R. Vaughan Williams
O vast Rondure, swimming in space
R. Vaughan Williams: O vast Rondure, swimming in space

[No Title] (O we can wait no longer) - R. Vaughan Williams
O we can wait no longer
R. Vaughan Williams: O we can wait no longer

[No Title] (O western orb sailing the heaven ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
O western orb sailing the heaven
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: O western orb sailing the heaven

O what shall I hang on the chamber walls?
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: O what shall I hang on the chamber walls?
P. Hindemith: O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?

O what shall the pictures be that I hang on the walls
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: O what shall I hang on the chamber walls?
P. Hindemith: O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?

O you whom I often and silently come (O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you) - N. Rorem, R. Gassman, P. Reif
O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you
N. Rorem, R. Gassman, P. Reif: O you whom I often and silently come
L. Harrison: Fragment from Calamus

Ode to Democracy (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble) - G. Kleinsinger
Of him I love day and night (Of him I love day and night I dream'd I heard he was dead) - N. Rorem
Of him I love day and night I dream'd I heard he was dead
N. Rorem: Of him I love day and night

Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness
R. Schonthal: Thought

On the beach at night (On the beach, at night, stands a child) - W. Bergsma, A. Imbrie, P. James
[No Title] (On the beach at night alone) - R. Vaughan Williams, G. Strang
On the beach at night alone (On the beach at night alone) - J. Wallach
On the beach at night alone
R. Vaughan Williams, G. Strang: On the beach at night alone
J. Wallach: On the beach at night alone

On the beach, at night, stands a child
J. Harrison: Rhapsody
V. Persichetti: The Pleiades
E. Bacon: The Lord Star
W. Bergsma, A. Imbrie, P. James: On the beach at night

On the beach at night, alone (after the whistling winds) - M. Ostrzyga
On the frontier (Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear) - E. Bacon
Once I pass'd through a populous city
F. Delius: Idyll

Once Paumanok, when the lilac-scent was in the air (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

One fitting glimpse caught through an interstice
N. Rorem: A Glimpse
F. Delius: A glimpse, through an interstice caught

One thought ever at the fore (One thought ever at the fore ) - E. Bacon, P. Stearns
One thought ever at the fore
R. Ward: All Peoples of the Globe Together Sail
E. Bacon, E. Bacon, P. Stearns: One thought ever at the fore

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow (from Song of the Universal)
H. Norris: Come, said the Muse
W. Riegger: From some far shore

[No Title] (Passage to more than India! ) - R. Vaughan Williams
Passage to more than India!
R. Vaughan Williams: Passage to more than India!

[No Title] (Passage to you) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. Delius
Passage to you (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Delius: Passage to you

Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you
M. Marder: To a stranger

[No Title] (Passing the visions, passing the night) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
Passing the visions, passing the night
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day and look'd forth
P. Hindemith: Passing the visions, passing the night

Prayer of Columbus (A batter'd wreck'd old man ) - R. Strassburg
Race of veterans (World, take good notice, silver stars fading ) - E. Bryson
Reconciliation (Word over all, beautiful as the sky) - N. Rorem, R. Vaughan Williams
Rhapsodie (I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul ) (from Song of Myself) - L. Campbell-Tipton ITA
Rhapsody (On the beach, at night, stands a child) - J. Harrison
Roots and leaves themselves alone (Roots and leaves themselves alone are these) GER
Roots and leaves themselves alone are these GER
Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
R. Vaughan Williams: Passage to more than India!

Scherzo - The Waves (After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds ) - R. Vaughan Williams
Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln ENG GER
O. Schoeck: Trommelschläge
P. Hindemith: Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln!

Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln! (Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln ) - P. Hindemith ENG GER
Sea-drift (Once Paumanok, when the lilac-scent was in the air) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Till of a sudden) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Blow! blow! blow!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Yes, when the stars glisten'd) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Soothe! soothe! soothe!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - F. Delius
Shine! Shine! Shine! (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift
E. Warren: We two
A. Hartmann: Two together
H. Clarke: Shine! Shine! Shine!
W. Gilchrist, M. Kernochan, F. Warner: We two together
S. Raphling: Shine! Great sun!

Shine! Great sun! (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - S. Raphling
Shine! Shine! Shine! (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - H. Clarke
Silent and amazed even when a little boy
R. Schonthal: A child's amaze

Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close emerging
W. Neidlinger, A. Radleigh: The First Dandelion

Sing me the Universal (Come, said the Muse) (from Song of the Universal) - V. Persichetti
Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird

[No Title] (Sing on, there in the swamp!) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions GER
Sing on, there in the swamp! GER
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: Sing on, there in the swamp!

Some specimen cases (In one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M ) (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: A specimen case

Sometimes with one I love (Sometimes with one I love) - N. Rorem
Sometimes with one I love
N. Rorem: Sometimes with one I love

Song for all seas, all ships (To-day a rude brief recitative ) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Vaughan Williams, R. Harris, W. Skolnik, J. Wagner
Song of Democracy (An old man's thoughts of school) - H. Hanson
Song of the banner - W. Schuman ENG [x]
Song of the Banner at Daybreak (O a new song, a free song)
Song of the open road (Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road ) - W. Wijdeveld
Soothe! soothe! soothe! (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

Soundscape III - U. Grahn [x]
Stranger (Stranger, if you passing, meet me ) - V. Persichetti
Stranger, if you passing, meet me
N. Rorem, C. Shaw: To you
V. Persichetti: Stranger

Tears (Tears! tears! tears ) - N. Dello Joio, R. Harris, J. Kaufer, J. Wallach, W. Wijdeveld, J. Hanna
[No Title] (Tears! tears! tears ) - C. Stanford
Tears! tears! tears
N. Dello Joio, R. Harris, J. Kaufer, J. Wallach, W. Wijdeveld, J. Hanna: Tears
C. Stanford: Tears! tears! tears

That shadow, my likeness (That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro) - N. Rorem
That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro
N. Rorem: That shadow, my likeness

The big doors of the country barn stand open (The big doors of the country barn stand open and read) (from Song of Myself) - N. Lockwood
The big doors of the country barn stand open and read (from Song of Myself)
N. Lockwood: The big doors of the country barn stand open

The dismantled ship (In some unused lagoon, some nameless bay ) - E. Bonner, D. Gustafson
The divine ship (One thought ever at the fore ) - E. Bacon
The First Dandelion (Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close emerging) - W. Neidlinger, A. Radleigh
The Good Earth (I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul ) (from Song of Myself) - R. Williams ITA
The harvest according (As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing ) - A. Stout
The imprisoned soul (At the last, tenderly) - A. Bergh
The last invocation (At the last, tenderly) - S. Adler, G. Binkerd, E. Bonner, J. Boyd, F. Bridge, J. Carter, R. Diggle, P. Garratt, P. Glass, E. Henderson, W. Hively, L. Kastle, A. Powers, J. Rogers, A. Schmutz, W. Schuman, E. Spalding, W. Storey-Smith, T. Whitmer, R. Thompson, T. Pasatieri
The last sunbeam
F. Ritter, K. Weill, R. Vaughan Williams, N. Lockwood, T. Pasatieri, C. Wood, H. McDonald, B. Rogers, R. Thomas: Dirge for two veterans
G. Holst: A dirge for two veterans
E. Bryson: Lo, the moon ascending

The little one sleeps in its cradle (The little one sleeps in its cradle) (from Song of Myself) - N. Lockwood
The little one sleeps in its cradle (from Song of Myself)
N. Lockwood: The little one sleeps in its cradle

The Lord Star (On the beach, at night, stands a child) - E. Bacon
The Love of Comrades (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble) - R. Boughton
The night in silence under many a star (Come lovely and soothing death ) - G. Crumb, G. Crumb
The night, in silence, under many a star
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb: The night in silence under many a star

The Open Road (Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road ) - N. Rorem
The Pleiades (On the beach, at night, stands a child) - V. Persichetti
The real war will never get in the books (And so good-bye to the war. I know not how it may have been ) (from Specimen Days) - N. Rorem
The Second Part III (A hum...). (I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you) (from Song of Myself) - R. Lister
The ship starting (Lo! the unbounded sea!) - C. Naginski, G. Booth, G. Harris, H. Sandby
The sobbing of the bells (The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere) - E. Bacon
The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere
E. Bacon: The sobbing of the bells

The soft voluptuous opiate shades
E. Bacon, L. Segerstam: Twilight

The soothing sanity and blitheness of completion
L. Segerstam: An ended day

The Unknown (Darest thou now O soul) - B. Huhn
The Unknown Region (Darest thou now O soul) - W. Schuman
The Unseen Soul (Grand is the seen, the light, to me -- grand are the sky and stars) - E. Bacon
The Wound-Dresser (An old man bending, I come, among new faces ) - J. Adams
The year that trembled (Year that trembled and reel'd beneath me!) - R. Harris
There is that in me (There is that in me -- I do not know what it is) (from Song of Myself) - T. Whitmer, V. Persichetti
There is that in me -- I do not know what it is (from Song of Myself)
T. Whitmer, V. Persichetti: There is that in me

There was part of the late battle at Chancellorsville (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: A night battle

This is thy hour o soul (This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless ) - A. Williams
[No Title] (This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless ) - F. Delius
This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless
L. Hoiby, R. Vaughan Williams, U. Grahn, E. Bacon, E. Bonner, P. Dalmas, P. Glass, A. Kunz, V. Persichetti, L. Reed, E. Spalding, H. Spier, H. Willan, D. Gilliam, M. Ostrzyga, H. Somers: A clear midnight
F. Delius: This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless
A. Williams: This is thy hour o soul
J. Hanna: Clear Midnight

Thought (Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness) - R. Schonthal
Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn
O. Luening, R. Schonthal, J. Klein: A farm picture

Till of a sudden (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

To a common prostitute (Be composed - be at case with me - I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature) - N. Rorem
To a Historian (You who celebrate bygones!) (from Leaves of Grass)
V. Persichetti: You who celebrate bygones

To a stranger (Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you) - M. Marder
To All, To Each (Come lovely and soothing death ) - W. Schuman
To old age (I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads) - R. Schonthal, J. Klein
To the Soul (Darest thou now O soul) - C. Stanford
To the States (To the States, or any one of them) (from Leaves of Grass) - G. Bachlund
To the States, or any one of them (from Leaves of Grass)
G. Bachlund: To the States

[No Title] (To the tally of my soul ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
To the tally of my soul
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day and look'd forth
P. Hindemith: To the tally of my soul

To what you said (To what you said, passionately clasping my hand, this is my answer ) - L. Bernstein
To what you said, passionately clasping my hand, this is my answer
L. Bernstein: To what you said

To you (Stranger, if you passing, meet me ) - N. Rorem, C. Shaw
To-day a rude brief recitative (from Leaves of Grass)
V. Persichetti: Flaunt out, o sea
R. Vaughan Williams, R. Harris, W. Skolnik, J. Wagner: Song for all seas, all ships

Toward the Unknown Region (Darest thou now O soul) - R. Vaughan Williams
Trommelschläge (Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln ) - O. Schoeck ENG GER
Twenty-eight young men (Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore ) (from Song of Myself) - L. Hoiby
Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore (from Song of Myself)
L. Hoiby: Twenty-eight young men

Twilight (The soft voluptuous opiate shades) - E. Bacon, L. Segerstam
Two together (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - A. Hartmann
Vigil (Vigil strange I kept on the field one night) - R. Thomas
Vigil strange I kept on the field (Vigil strange I kept on the field one night)
R. Thomas: Vigil

Vigil strange I kept on the field one night
R. Thomas: Vigil

Visor'd (A mask, a perpetual disguise of herself) - R. Schonthal
Voyage (Joy, shipmate, joy ) (from Leaves of Grass) - V. Persichetti
Walt Whitman (Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical, nude ) (from Song of Myself) - C. Ives
Warble for Lilac Time (Warble me now, for joy of Lilac-time) - E. Carter
Warble me now, for joy of Lilac-time
E. Carter: Warble for Lilac Time

We two (We two boys together clinging ) (from Leaves of Grass) - E. Warren
We two (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - E. Warren
We two boys together clinging (We two boys together clinging ) (from Leaves of Grass) - M. Tilson-Thomas
We two boys together clinging (from Leaves of Grass)
E. Warren: We two
M. Tilson-Thomas: We two boys together clinging

We two together (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking) - W. Gilchrist, M. Kernochan, F. Warner
What scene is this? -- is this indeed humanity (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: A night battle

When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd ) - G. Crumb
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
G. Crumb: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd

Whispers from heavenly death (Darest thou now O soul) - H. Henze
Whispers of heavenly death (Darest thou now O soul) - E. Bacon
Whispers of heavenly death (Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear) - E. Bacon, E. Bonner, L. Kastle, R. Luedeke, D. Williams
Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear
R. Vaughan Williams: Nocturne
E. Bacon, E. Bacon, E. Bonner, L. Kastle, R. Luedeke, D. Williams: Whispers of heavenly death

Whitman - T. Verbey [x]
Whitman - P. Creston [x]
Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human
H. Burleigh, C. Wood: Ethiopia saluting the colors

Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical and nude (from Song of Myself)
H. Norris: Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical, nude
C. Ives: Walt Whitman

[No Title] (Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical, nude ) (from Song of Myself) - H. Norris
Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical, nude (from Song of Myself)
H. Norris: Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical, nude
C. Ives: Walt Whitman

With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums (from Song of Myself)
H. Gaul: For the numberless unknown heroes

Word over all, beautiful as the sky
N. Rorem, R. Vaughan Williams: Reconciliation

World, take good notice (World, take good notice, silver stars fading ) - E. Bacon
World, take good notice, silver stars fading
E. Bacon: World, take good notice
E. Bryson: Race of veterans

Wurzeln und Halme (Wurzeln und Halme sind dies nur ) - F. Schreker ENG GER
Wurzeln und Halme sind dies nur ENG GER
F. Schreker: Wurzeln und Halme

Year that trembled (Year that trembled and reel'd beneath me!)
R. Harris: The year that trembled

Year that trembled and reel'd beneath me!
R. Harris: The year that trembled

Years of the modern (Years of the modern! years of the unperform'd)
Years of the modern - N. Dello Joio ENG [x]
Years of the modern! years of the unperform'd
Yes, when the stars glisten'd (from Leaves of Grass - Out of the cradle endlessly rocking)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

You sea! (You sea! I resign myself to you also--I guess what you mean) (from Song of Myself) - B. Lees
You sea! I resign myself to you also--I guess what you mean (from Song of Myself)
B. Lees: You sea!

You who celebrate bygones (You who celebrate bygones!) (from Leaves of Grass) - V. Persichetti
You who celebrate bygones! (from Leaves of Grass)
V. Persichetti: You who celebrate bygones

Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night (Youth, large, lusty, loving -- youth full of grace, force, fascination ) (from Leaves of Grass) - N. Rorem, W. Wijdeveld, E. Spalding
Youth, large, lusty, loving -- youth full of grace, force, fascination (from Leaves of Grass)
N. Rorem, W. Wijdeveld, E. Spalding: Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night

[No Title] (Sing on, there in the swamp!) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions GER
[No Title] (When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (O powerful western fallen star! ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (In the swamp in secluded recesses ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Coffin that passes through lanes and streets ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Nor for you, for one alone ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Now while I sat in the day and look'd forth ) - P. Hindemith, P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (O western orb sailing the heaven ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved? ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (O what shall I hang on the chamber walls? ) - P. Hindemith, P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Lo, body and soul -- this land ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (To the tally of my soul ) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions
[No Title] (Passing the visions, passing the night) - P. Hindemith, R. Sessions

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