Texts by S. Obata set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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• Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse

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

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• A day: Summer (Naked I lie in the green forest of summer) - S. Harrison
• A farewell song of white clouds (The white clouds float over the mountains of Chu—) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell
• A Summer Day (Naked I lie in the green forest of summer) - C. Lambert
• Autumn (The moon is above the city of Chang-an) - A. Bliss
• A vindication (If heaven loved not the wine) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - J. Avshalomov
• A wandering exile, I came away to Long Beach (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell (On hearing the flute in the Yellow Crane House) ⊗
• Blue water ... a clear moon - P. Campbell, C. Lambert
• Cool is the autumn wind, clear the autumn moon (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) GER SLN - B. Burrows, C. Lambert (Lines)
• Fair one, when you were here, I filled the house with flowers - C. Lambert (The Long-Departed Lover)
• Flocks of birds have flown high and away GER SLN - J. Avshalomov, P. Campbell (The Chinting mountain)
• If heaven loved not the wine (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - J. Avshalomov (A Vindication)
• In the deserted garden among the crumbling walls - C. Lambert
• In the Mountains (Why do I live along the green mountains?) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - G. Hilpipre ⊗
• Lines written in autumn (Cool is the autumn wind, clear the autumn moon) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - C. Lambert GER SLN
• Lines (Cool is the autumn wind, clear the autumn moon) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - B. Burrows GER SLN
• Many a girl of the south is white and lucent - A. Bliss ⊗
• Many a girl (Many a girl of the south is white and lucent) - A. Bliss ⊗
• Naked I lie in the green forest of summer - S. Harrison, C. Lambert
• Nocturne (Blue water ... a clear moon) - P. Campbell, C. Lambert
• On hearing the flute at Lo-Cheng one spring night (Whence comes this voice of the sweet bamboo) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell DUT FRE FRE GER GER GER GER GER GER FIN
• On hearing the flute in the Yellow Crane House (A wandering exile, I came away to Long Beach) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell ⊗
• On the city street (They meet in the pink dust of the city street) - C. Lambert
• On the Mirror Lake three hundred li around - A. Bliss
• On the Tung-ting Lake - I (Westward from Tung-ting the Chu River branches out) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse)
• On the Tung-ting Lake - II (The autumn night is vaporless on the lake) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse)
• On the T'ung T'ing Lake (The autumn night is vaporless on the lake) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - J. Avshalomov
• She, a Tung-yang girl, stands barefoot on the bank - A. Bliss ⊗
• She, a Tung-yang girl (She, a Tung-yang girl, stands barefoot on the bank) - A. Bliss ⊗
• She is a southern girl of Chang-kan Town - A. Bliss ⊗
• She is a southern girl (She is a southern girl of Chang-kan Town) - A. Bliss ⊗
• She is gathering lotus buds in the river of Yeh - A. Bliss ⊗
• She is gathering lotus buds (She is gathering lotus buds in the river of Yeh) - A. Bliss ⊗
• Sorrow of the Long Gate Palace I (The Northern Dipper has turned round in the sky) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) ⊗
• Sorrow of the Long Gate Palace (The Northern Dipper has turned round in the sky) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell ⊗
• Spring (The lovely Lo-foh of the land of Chin) - A. Bliss
• Summer (On the Mirror Lake three hundred li around) - A. Bliss
• Taking Leave of a Friend (The spring wind comes from the east and quickly passes) - J. Avshalomov, K. Roustom GER SPA GER
• The autumn night is vaporless on the lake (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - J. Avshalomov ( On the Tung-ting Lake - II)
• The Ching-Ting Mountain (Flocks of birds have flown high and away) - J. Avshalomov, P. Campbell GER SLN
• The Chinting mountain (Flocks of birds have flown high and away) GER SLN
• The courier will depart on the morrow for the front - A. Bliss
• The grass of Yen is growing green and long HUN - C. Lambert
• The intruder (The grass of Yen is growing green and long) - C. Lambert HUN
• The Long-Departed Lover (Fair one, when you were here, I filled the house with flowers) - C. Lambert
• The lovely Lo-foh of the land of Chin - A. Bliss
• The Mirror Lake (The water of the Mirror Lake) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell
• The moon is above the city of Chang-an - A. Bliss
• The Northern Dipper has turned round in the sky (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell (Sorrow of the Long Gate Palace I) ⊗
• The ruin of the Ku-Su Palace (In the deserted garden among the crumbling walls) - C. Lambert
• The silk spinner (Up the river by the White King City) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell, L. Cummins ⊗
• The spring wind comes from the east and quickly passes GER SPA GER - J. Avshalomov, K. Roustom
• The Summit Temple (Tonight I stay at the Summit Temple) - P. Campbell
• The water in the Mirror Lake (The water of the Mirror Lake) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - A. Bliss
• The water in the Mirror Lake (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) (The women of Yueh V) - A. Bliss, P. Campbell
• The water of the Mirror Lake (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - A. Bliss, P. Campbell (The women of Yueh V)
• The white clouds float over the mountains of Chu— (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell (A farewell song of white clouds)
• The women of Yueh V (The water of the Mirror Lake) (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse)
• They meet in the pink dust of the city street - C. Lambert
• Tonight I stay at the Summit Temple - P. Campbell (The Summit Temple)
• Up the river by the White King City (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - P. Campbell, L. Cummins (The silk spinner) ⊗
• Westward from Tung-ting the Chu River branches out (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) (On the Tung-ting Lake - I) -
• Whence comes this voice of the sweet bamboo (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) DUT FRE FRE GER GER GER GER GER GER FIN - P. Campbell (On hearing the flute at Lo-Cheng one spring night)
• Why do I live along the green mountains? (from Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse) - G. Hilpipre ⊗
• Winter (The courier will depart on the morrow for the front) - A. Bliss
• With a man of leisure (Yonder the mountain flowers are out. We drink together, you and I) - C. Lambert
• Yonder the mountain flowers are out. We drink together, you and I - C. Lambert
• Yonder the mountain flowers are out

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