Texts by C. Ives set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• 1, 2, 3 (Why doesn't one, two, three) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• A big October morning - C. Ives
• A Christmas carol (Little star of Bethlehem!) - C. Ives
• Across the summer meadows fair
• A leopard went around his cage - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• All summer long, we boys dreamed 'bout big circus joys SPA
• All summer long, we boys SPA - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• An Old Flame (When dreams enfold me) - C. Ives
• An old man with a straw in his mouth - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• A son of a Gambolier (Come join my humble ditty) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• A sound of a distant horn (A sound of a distant horn) - C. Ives
• A sound of a distant horn - C. Ives
• Berceuse (O'er the mountain toward the west) - C. Ives
• Come join my humble ditty - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• Disclosure (Thoughts, which deeply rest at evening) - C. Ives
• Down East (Songs! Visions of my homeland) - C. Ives SPA
• Down the river comes a noise! - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• Evidence (There comes o'er the valley a shadow) - C. Ives
• Go my songs! Draw Daphnis from the city - C. Ives
• He grew in those seasons like corn in the night - C. Ives
• Here are things you've heard before - C. Ives
• I closed and drew, but not a gun - C. Ives
• I dream of thee, my love, by night - C. Ives ⊗
• Immortality (Who dares to say the spring is dead) - C. Ives
• In the Alley (On my way to work one summer day) - C. Ives
• Is that Mister Riley, who keeps the hotel?" SPA ⊗
• Is that Mister Riley SPA - G. Bachlund, C. Ives ⊗
• I think there must be a place in the soul - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• It strikes me that some men and women got tired of a big job - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• Little star of Bethlehem! - C. Ives
• Majority (The Masses! The Masses! The Masses have toiled) - C. Ives
• Memories (We're sitting in the opera house) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives SPA
• My native land now meets my eye CHI RUS RUS UKR UKR CZE - C. Ives
• My native land (My native land now meets my eye) - C. Ives CHI RUS RUS UKR UKR CZE
• Nature's way (When the distant evening bell calmly breathes its blessing) - C. Ives
• Nov. 2 1920 (It strikes me that some men and women got tired of a big job) - C. Ives
• Now help us, Lord, Thy yoke to wear - C. Ives
• O'er the mountain toward the west - C. Ives
• Old Home Day (Go my songs! Draw Daphnis from the city) - C. Ives
• One evening just at sunset we laid him in the grave - C. Ives
• On my way to work one summer day - C. Ives
• On sunny days in our backyard, two little flowers are seen SPA
• On sunny days in our backyard SPA - C. Ives
• On the counter (Tunes we heard in "ninety two,") - C. Ives
• Resolution (Walking stronger under distant skies) - C. Ives
• Round and round the old dance ground - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• Scenes from my childhood are with me FRE - C. Ives
• Slow march (One evening just at sunset we laid him in the grave) - C. Ives
• Slugging a vampire (I closed and drew, but not a gun) - C. Ives
• Songs! Visions of my homeland, come with strains of childhood SPA
• Songs! Visions of my homeland SPA - C. Ives
• ...that better things might be (It strikes me that some men and women got tired of a big job) - G. Bachlund
• The cage (A leopard went around his cage) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• The Circus Band (All summer long, we boys) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives SPA
• The collection (Now help us, Lord, Thy yoke to wear) - C. Ives
• The innate (Voices live in every finite being) - C. Ives
• The Masses! The Masses! The Masses have toiled - C. Ives
• The new river (Down the river comes a noise!) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• The one way (Here are things you've heard before) - C. Ives
• There comes o'er the valley a shadow - C. Ives
• There is a lane which winds towards the bay - C. Ives
• There is a lane (There is a lane which winds towards the bay) - C. Ives
• There's a time in many a life - C. Ives (They are there!)
• The see'r (An old man with a straw in his mouth) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• The Side Show (Is that Mister Riley) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives SPA ⊗
• The things our fathers loved (I think there must be a place in the soul) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• They Are There (There's a time in many a life) - C. Ives
• Thoreau (He grew in those seasons like corn in the night) - C. Ives
• Thoughts, which deeply rest at evening - C. Ives
• Through night and day (I dream of thee, my love, by night) - C. Ives ⊗
• Tom sails away (Scenes from my childhood are with me) - C. Ives FRE
• Tunes we heard in "ninety two," - C. Ives
• Two little flowers (and dedicated to them) (On sunny days in our backyard) - C. Ives SPA
• Voices live in every finite being - C. Ives
• Vote for names! Names! Names! - C. Ives (Vote for names)
• Vote for names (Vote for names! Names! Names!) - C. Ives
• Walking stronger under distant skies - C. Ives
• Walking (A big October morning) - C. Ives
• Waltz (Round and round the old dance ground) - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• We're sitting in the opera house SPA - G. Bachlund, C. Ives
• When dreams enfold me - C. Ives
• When the distant evening bell calmly breathes its blessing - C. Ives
• When the waves softly sigh
• Who dares to say the spring is dead - C. Ives
• Why doesn't one, two, three - G. Bachlund, C. Ives

Last update: 2025-02-07 19:19:17