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Author: Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

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Drum Taps
I Sing the Body Electric
Leaves of Grass
Memories of President Lincoln
Passage to India
Song of Myself
Song of the Open Road
Song of the Universal
Specimen Days
The Sleepers

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A batter'd and wreck'd old man (from Leaves of Grass)
R. Strassburg: Prayer of Columbus

A batter'd wreck'd old man (from Leaves of Grass)
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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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 GER FRE GER
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 (One fitting glimpse caught through an interstice ) - N. Rorem
A glimpse, through an interstice caught
N. Rorem: A glimpse

A jubilant song (O to make the most jubilant song! ) - N. Dello Joio
A letter from Pete (Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete ) - B. Rogers
A long while, amid the noises of coming and going
N. Rorem: A glimpse

A mask, a perpetual disguise of herself
R. Schonthal: Visor'd

A mask, a perpetual disguiser 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 (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble ) (from Leaves of Grass)
N. Lee, N. Lee: I will make the Continent
H. Norris: Come, I will make the continent indissoluble
M. Frank, Anonymous, I. Gertz, E. Helm: For You O Democracy
G. Kleinsinger: Ode to Democracy
E. Zuckmayer: Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy)
F. White: Love of Comrades
R. Boughton: The Love of Comrades

A song of joys (O to make the most jubilant song! ) - P. Creston, A. Doherty, E. Canat de Chizy
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 (from Song of 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
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 (from Leaves of Grass)
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! (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
J. Duke, J. Duke, J. Duke: Come, lovely and soothing death
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth
G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb: The night in silence under many a star

Approach Strong Deliveress! (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - 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
As Adam, early in the morning
N. Rorem: As Adam, early in the morning

As I lay with my head in your lap, camerado
D. Hagen: Dear Camerado

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

As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing (As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing ) - P. Dalmas, R. Ward
As nearing departure (As nearing departure) (from Leaves of Grass)
As nearing departure (from Leaves of Grass)
Ashes of soldiers (Ashes of soldiers! ) (from Leaves of Grass)
Ashes of soldiers! (from Leaves of Grass)
At the dance and supper room
N. Rorem: Inauguration Ball

At the last (At the last, tenderly ) (from Leaves of Grass) - E. Bacon, M. Besly, O. Luening
At the last, tenderly (from Leaves of Grass)
L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Whithorne: Invocation
R. Starer: Last invocation
E. Bacon, M. Besly, O. Luening, E. Bacon: 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 FRE [x]
Au pied d'une tombe - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Be composed - be at ease with me - I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature
N. Rorem: To a common prostitute

Bearing the bandages, water and sponge (from Leaves of Grass)
J. Adams: The wound-dresser

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

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 - Sea-Drift)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

By the bivouac's fitful flame (By the bivouac's fitful flame) - J. Van, H. Gaul, H. Hanson, H. Harty
By the bivouac's fitful flame
J. Van, H. Gaul, H. Hanson, H. Harty: By the bivouac's fitful flame
A. Bliss: By the bivouac's fitful flame

Clear Midnight (This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless ) - J. Hanna GER FRE GER
Coffin that passes through lanes and streets (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

Come, I will make the continent indissoluble (from Leaves of Grass)
N. Lee, N. Lee: I will make the Continent
H. Norris: Come, I will make the continent indissoluble
M. Frank, Anonymous, I. Gertz, E. Helm: For You O Democracy
G. Kleinsinger: Ode to Democracy
E. Zuckmayer: Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy)
F. White: Love of Comrades
R. Boughton: The Love of Comrades

Come lovely and soothing death (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - G. Crumb
Come lovely and soothing death (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
J. Duke, J. Duke, J. Duke: Come, lovely and soothing death
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth
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, V. Nelhybel
Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete
B. Rogers: A letter from Pete
K. Weill, V. Nelhybel: Come up from the fields Father

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Flood-tide below me! I watch you face to face ) - V. Thomson
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: Conclusion (Flood-tide below me! I watch you face to face ) - J. Kaufer
Darest thou now O soul (Darest thou now O Soul ) - E. Bacon, R. Diggle, I. Freed, F. Valen FRE
Darest thou now O Soul FRE
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
E. Bacon, R. Diggle, I. Freed, F. Valen: Darest thou now O soul
C. Stanford: To the Soul
S. Adler, M. Hennagin, M. Hennagin, C. Wood: Darest thou now O Soul

Dark mother, always gliding near (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - J. Duke
Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - G. Crumb
Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
J. Duke, J. Duke, J. Duke: Come, lovely and soothing death
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth
G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb: The night in silence under many a star

Das Gras (Ein Kind sagte: Was ist das Gras? ) - F. Schreker
Dear Camerado (As I lay with my head in your lap, camerado) - D. Hagen
Death carol (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
J. Duke, J. Duke, J. Duke: Come, lovely and soothing death
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth
G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb, G. Crumb: The night in silence under many a star

Delicate cluster (Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life! )
R. Lo Presti: Tribute

Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life!
R. Lo Presti: Tribute

Demon or bird! (said the boy's soul,) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre (Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre ) - P. Hindemith
Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre
P. Hindemith: Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre

Dies ist deine Stunde, o Seele FRE (Text: after Walt Whitman)
W. Burkhard: Nacht

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 (Keep your splendid, silent sun ) - L. Elsmith
Earth my likeness! (Earth! my likeness! ) - N. Lee
Earth! my likeness!
N. Lee: Earth my likeness!

Ein Kind sagte: Was ist das Gras?
F. Schreker: Das Gras

Eine lichte Mitternacht - P. Hindemith FRE (Text: after Walt Whitman) [x]
Élégie - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Elegy - L. Campbell-Tipton FRE [x]
Ethiopia saluting the colors (Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly human) - H. Burleigh, C. Wood
Europe, the 72d and 73d years of These States (Suddenly, out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves)
E. Siegmeister: Let others despair

Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love (Fast-anchor'd, eternal, O love! O woman I love! )
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
Flood-tide below me! I watch you face to face
J. Kaufer, J. Kaufer: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: Conclusion
V. Thomson: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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 me to thee glad serenades (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - J. Duke
From Montauk Point (I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak )
F. Delius: I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak

From pent-up, aching rivers (From pent-up, aching rivers )
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 (Keep your splendid, silent sun ) - 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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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
Hark! some wild trumpeter -- some strange musician (from Leaves of Grass)
R. Starer: The mystic trumpeter

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

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 she who adorn'd herself and folded her hair expectantly (from The Sleepers)
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
I am the poet of the Body;/ And I am the poet of the Soul (from Song of Myself) ITA
H. Norris: I am the poet of the Body;/ And I am the poet of the Soul
B. Lees: I am the poet of the Body
G. Allen: Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth
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 depart as air (I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun ) (from Song of Myself) - D. Hagen *
I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun (from Song of Myself) *
D. Hagen: I depart as air

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
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 heard you (I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. Piket
I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ (I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ) (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Piket: I heard you

I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Piket: I heard you

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 askant the armies (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: To the tally of my soul
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

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 (from Leaves of Grass)
R. Schonthal, J. Klein: To old age

I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother (from Leaves of Grass)
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

I sit and look out (I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world) (from Leaves of Grass) - W. Goldstein
I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world (from Leaves of Grass)
N. Dello Joio: I sit and look out upon the world
W. Goldstein: I sit and look out

I sit and look out upon the world (I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world) (from Leaves of Grass) - N. Dello Joio
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 (from Song of Myself)
L. Hoiby: I was there

I was there (I understand the large hearts of heroes ) (from Song of Myself) - L. Hoiby
I will make the Continent (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble ) (from Leaves of Grass) - N. Lee
I will plant Companionship (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble ) (from Leaves of Grass) - N. Lee
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
D. Hagen, D. Hagen: 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 (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd

In the swamp in secluded recesses (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Whithorne
It is not upon you alone the dark patches fall
J. Kaufer, J. Kaufer: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: Conclusion
V. Thomson: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

It is Sunday afternoon, middle of summer, hot and oppressive
N. Rorem: An incident

Jeunesse, jour, vieillese et nuit - E. Spalding GER [x]
Joy, shipmate, joy (Joy, shipmate, joy ) (from Leaves of Grass) - C. Stanford, R. Vaughan Williams
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! FRE (Text: after Walt Whitman)
J. Marx: Jugend und Alter

Jugend und Alter (Jugend du große, sehnende, liebende! ) - J. Marx FRE (Text: after Walt Whitman)
Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy) (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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

Last invocation (At the last, tenderly ) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Starer
Let others despair (Suddenly, out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves) - E. Siegmeister
Life and Death (As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing ) - W. Neidlinger
Lilac-Time (Warble me now, for joy of Lilac-time ) (from Leaves of Grass) - C. Scott
Lingering Last Drops (And whence and why come you) - E. Bacon, L. Segerstam
Lo, body and soul -- this land (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: O what shall the pictures be that I hang on the walls
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

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
Lo! the unbounded sea!
N. Lockwood: Lo! the unbounded sea!
C. Naginski, G. Booth, G. Harris, H. Sandby: The ship starting

Long, too long America (Long, too long America) (from Drum Taps)
W. Schuman: Long, too long America

Long, too long America (from Drum Taps)
W. Schuman: Long, too long America

Look down, fair moon (Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene ) (from Drum Taps) - C. Naginski, N. Rorem, H. Mollicone, J. Wallach, J. Hanna, J. Klein, D. Hagen, N. Rorem, J. Van
Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene (Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene ) (from Drum Taps) - B. Rands
Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene (from Drum Taps)
H. Somers: Look down fair moon
C. Naginski, N. Rorem, H. Mollicone, J. Wallach, J. Hanna, J. Klein, D. Hagen, N. Rorem, J. Van: Look down, fair moon
W. Schuman: Long, too long America
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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. White
Lovelost (Low hangs the moon, it rose late) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - M. Kilstofte
Lover divine and perfect Comrade (from Leaves of Grass)
N. Rorem, M. Hennagin: Gods

Low hangs the moon, it rose late (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
F. Delius: Sea-drift
M. Kilstofte: Lovelost

Memories of President Lincoln (O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done ) - W. Neidlinger
Memories of President Lincoln (Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow ) - W. Neidlinger GER
Memories of President Lincoln (When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - W. Neidlinger
Minuit clair - E. Spalding GER GER [x]
Mother and Babe (I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother ) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Schonthal, J. Klein
My captain (O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done ) - C. Scott
Nacht (Dies ist deine Stunde, o Seele ) - W. Burkhard FRE (Text: after Walt Whitman)
Nocturne (Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Vaughan Williams FRE
Nor for you, for one alone (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

Not from successful love alone
N. Lockwood: Halcyon days

Not upon you alone (Flood-tide below me! I watch you face to face ) - J. Kaufer
Now finalè to the shore (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Delius: Now finalè to the shore

Now I will do nothing but listen (from Song of Myself)
L. Pfautsch: Now I will do nothing but listen

Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

O a new song, a free song (from Drum Taps)
O, a new song, a free song
W. Schuman: Song of the banner

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done
W. Neidlinger: Memories of President Lincoln
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
C. Scott: My captain

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? (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
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
O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor
P. Hindemith: O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor

O powerful western fallen star! (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd

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 poem! (from Leaves of Grass)
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, E. Canat de Chizy: A song of joys
R. Starer: While I live
E. Diemer: O to make the most jubilant song
N. Dello Joio: A jubilant song

O vast Rondure, swimming in space (from Passage to India)
R. Vaughan Williams: O vast Rondure, swimming in space

O we can wait no longer (from Passage to India)
R. Vaughan Williams: O we can wait no longer

O western orb sailing the heaven (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: O western orb sailing the heaven

O what shall the pictures be that I hang on the walls (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: 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 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?

O what shall I hang on the chamber walls? (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: 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 how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?

O while I live to be the ruler of life, not a slave
P. Creston, A. Doherty, E. Canat de Chizy: A song of joys
R. Starer: While I live
E. Diemer: O to make the most jubilant song
N. Dello Joio: A jubilant song

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

Ode to Death (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - J. Ching [x]
Ode to Democracy (Come, I will make the continent indissoluble ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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 (from Leaves of Grass)
R. Schonthal: Thought

On the beach at night (On the beach, at night, stands a child) - W. Bergsma, A. Imbrie, P. James
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
G. Victory: On the beach, at night
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) (from Leaves of Grass) - E. Bacon FRE
Once I pass'd through a populous city (Once I pass'd through a populous city ) (from Leaves of Grass) - F. Piket
Once I pass'd through a populous city (from Leaves of Grass)
F. Piket: Once I pass'd through a populous city

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

One fitting glimpse caught through an interstice
N. Rorem: A glimpse

One hour to madness and joy (One hour to madness and joy! )
One hour to madness and joy!
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

One's-Self I sing (One's-Self I sing -- a simple, separate Person; ) (from Leaves of Grass) - G. Bachlund
One's-Self I sing -- a simple, separate Person; (from Leaves of Grass)
G. Bachlund: One's-Self I sing

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
Out of the rolling ocean (Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me ) - M. Kernochan
Out of the rolling ocean the crowd (Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me ) - C. Vrionides
Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me
C. Vrionides: Out of the rolling ocean the crowd
M. Kernochan: Out of the rolling ocean

Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
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

Passage to more than India! (from Passage to India)
R. Vaughan Williams: Passage to more than India!

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, N. Lee: To a stranger

Passing the visions, passing the night (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: Passing the visions, passing the night
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

Paumanok (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - B. Lees [x]
Poem of Joys (O to make the most jubilant poem!) (from Leaves of Grass)
Prayer of Columbus (A batter'd and wreck'd old man ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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, J. Van
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! (from Passage to India)
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
O. Schoeck: Trommelschläge
P. Hindemith: Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln!

Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln! (Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln ) - P. Hindemith
Sea-drift (Once Paumanok, when the lilac-scent was in the air ) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Till of a sudden) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Blow! blow! blow!) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Yes, when the stars glisten'd ) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - F. Delius
Sea-drift (Low hangs the moon, it rose late) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - F. Delius
Shine! Shine! Shine! (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
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 - Sea-Drift) - S. Raphling
Shine! Shine! Shine! (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - H. Clarke
Silent and amazed even when a little boy (from Leaves of Grass)
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 (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird

Sing on, there in the swamp! (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) GER
R. Sessions: Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
P. Hindemith: Sing on, there in the swamp!

Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)
N. Dello Joio: The dalliance of the eagles

Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth (I am the poet of the Body;/ And I am the poet of the Soul ) (from Song of Myself) - G. Allen ITA
Smile, O voluptuous, cool-breath'd earth! (from Song of Myself) ITA
H. Norris: I am the poet of the Body;/ And I am the poet of the Soul
B. Lees: I am the poet of the Body
G. Allen: Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth
R. Williams: The Good Earth
L. Campbell-Tipton: Rhapsodie

Some specimen cases (In one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M ) (from Specimen Days)
N. Rorem: A specimen case
D. Hagen, D. Hagen: 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 myself (from Song of Myself) - E. Rautavaara [x]
Song of the banner (O, a new song, a free song) - W. Schuman
Song of the Banner at Daybreak (O a new song, a free song) (from Drum Taps)
Song of the open road (Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road ) (from Song of the Open Road) - W. Wijdeveld
Soothe! soothe! soothe! (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
F. Delius: Sea-drift
M. Kilstofte: Lovelost

Soundscape III - U. Grahn [x]
Specimen case (In one of the hospitals I find Thomas Haley, company M ) (from Specimen Days) - D. Hagen, D. Hagen
Stranger (Stranger, if you passing, meet me ) - V. Persichetti
Stranger, if you passing, meet me
N. Rorem, C. Shaw, D. Hagen, D. Hagen: To you
V. Persichetti: Stranger

Suddenly, out of its stale and drowsy lair, the lair of slaves
E. Siegmeister: Let others despair

Tears (Tears! tears! tears ) - N. Dello Joio, R. Harris, J. Kaufer, J. Wallach, W. Wijdeveld, J. Hanna
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, N. Rorem
That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro
N. Rorem, N. Rorem: That shadow, my likeness

The aria sinking; (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
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 commonplace (The commonplace I sing; ) - E. Bacon, R. Harris
The commonplace I sing;
E. Bacon, R. Harris: The commonplace

The dalliance of the eagles (Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) ) - N. Dello Joio
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 dresser (Bearing the bandages, water and sponge ) (from Leaves of Grass)
J. Adams: The wound-dresser

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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - A. Bergh
The last invocation (At the last, tenderly ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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, E. Bacon
The last sunbeam (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 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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Boughton
The mystic trumpeter (Hark! some wild trumpeter -- some strange musician) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Starer
The night in silence under many a star (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - G. Crumb, G. Crumb
The night, in silence, under many a star (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
J. Duke, J. Duke, J. Duke: Come, lovely and soothing death
W. Schuman: To All, To Each
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth
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 ) (from Song of 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) (from Leaves of Grass) - E. Bacon
The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere (from Leaves of Grass)
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 soul's expression (With stammering lips and insufficient sound ) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering (from Song of Myself) *
D. Hagen: I depart as air

The Unknown (Darest thou now O Soul ) - B. Huhn FRE
The Unknown Region (Darest thou now O Soul ) - W. Schuman FRE
The Unseen Soul (Grand is the seen, the light, to me -- grand are the sky and stars ) - E. Bacon
The wound-dresser (Bearing the bandages, water and sponge ) (from Leaves of Grass) - J. Adams
The year that trembled (Year that trembled and reel'd beneath me!) - R. Harris
Then with the knowledge of death as walking one side of me (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

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 GER FRE GER
This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless GER FRE GER
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
A. Williams: This is thy hour o soul
J. Hanna: Clear Midnight

Thought (Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness ) (from Leaves of Grass) - 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 - Sea-Drift)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

To a common prostitute (Be composed - be at ease 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, N. Lee
To All, To Each (Approach, strong Deliveress! ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - W. Schuman
To old age (I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads ) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Schonthal, J. Klein
To the Soul (Darest thou now O Soul ) - C. Stanford FRE
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

To the tally of my soul (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: To the tally of my soul
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

To think of time (To think of time -- of all that retrospection!) (from Leaves of Grass) - R. Starer
To think of time -- of all that retrospection! (from Leaves of Grass)
R. Starer: To think of time

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, D. Hagen, D. Hagen
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 FRE
Tribute (Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life! ) - R. Lo Presti
Trickle drops (Trickle, drops! my blue veins leaving! ) - N. Lee
Trickle, drops! my blue veins leaving!
N. Lee: Trickle drops

Trommelschläge (Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommeln ) - O. Schoeck
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 - Sea-Drift) - 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 ) (from Leaves of Grass) - E. Carter
Warble for Lilac-Time (Warble me now, for joy of Lilac-time ) (from Leaves of Grass)
C. Scott: Lilac-Time
E. Carter: Warble for Lilac Time

Warble me now, for joy of Lilac-time (from Leaves of Grass)
C. Scott: Lilac-Time
E. Carter: Warble for Lilac Time

We descend upon you and all things -- we arrest you all
J. Kaufer, J. Kaufer: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: Conclusion
V. Thomson: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

We two (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - E. Warren
We two - D. Hagen [x]
We two -- how long we were fool'd! (We two -- how long we were fool'd! ) (from Leaves of Grass)
We two -- how long we were fool'd! (from Leaves of Grass)
We two boys (We two boys together clinging ) (from Leaves of Grass) - G. Bachlund
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)
G. Bachlund: We two boys
M. Tilson-Thomas: We two boys together clinging

We two together (Shine! Shine! Shine!) (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift) - 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 ) (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd) - G. Crumb
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
W. Neidlinger: Memories of President Lincoln
P. Hindemith, R. Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
G. Crumb: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd

Whereto answering, the sea (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
While I live (O to make the most jubilant song! ) - R. Starer
Whispers from heavenly death (Darest thou now O Soul ) - H. Henze FRE
Whispers of heavenly death (Darest thou now O Soul ) - E. Bacon FRE
Whispers of heavenly death (Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear) (from Leaves of Grass) - E. Bacon, E. Bonner, L. Kastle, R. Luedeke, D. Williams FRE
Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear (from Leaves of Grass) FRE
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

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

With stammering lips and insufficient sound
S. Coleridge-Taylor: The soul's expression

Word over all, beautiful as the sky
N. Rorem, R. Vaughan Williams, J. Van: 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
Wurzeln und Halme sind dies nur
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 [x]
Years of the modern! years of the unperform'd
Yes, when the stars glisten'd (from Leaves of Grass - Sea-Drift)
F. Delius: Sea-drift

Yet each I keep and all, retrievements out of the night (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: Passing the visions, passing the night
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

Yet each to keep and all, retrievements out of the night (from Memories of President Lincoln - When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd)
P. Hindemith: Passing the visions, passing the night
R. Sessions: Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth

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 - Great are the Myths) - N. Rorem, W. Wijdeveld, E. Spalding, D. Hagen GER FRE
Youth, large, lusty, loving -- youth full of grace, force, fascination (from Leaves of Grass - Great are the Myths) GER FRE
N. Rorem, W. Wijdeveld, E. Spalding, D. Hagen: Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night

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