| Other author/creator | Walters, Richard compiler, editor. |
| Included Work | Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs. Selections. |
| Included Work | Beach, Amy, 1867-1944. Songs, op. 78. Meadow-larks |
| Included Work | Bolcom, William. Cabaret songs (1978). Amor. |
| Included Work | Bolcom, William. I will breathe a mountain. Bustle in the house. |
| Included Work | Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951. Gitanjali. On the seashore of endless worlds. |
| Included Work | Chanler, Theodore, 1902-1961. Lamb. |
| Included Work | Chanler, Theodore, 1902-1961 Meet Doctor Livermore. |
| Included Work | Corigliano, John, 1938- Cloisters. |
| Included Work | Corigliano, John, 1938- Mr. Tambourine Man Forever young. |
| Included Work | Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008 Farewell to the House in Bonac. |
| Included Work | Dougherty, Celius, 1902-1986. Love in the dictionary. |
| Included Work | Dougherty, Celius, 1902-1986. Review. |
| Included Work | Duke, John, 1899-1984. I carry your heart. |
| Included Work | Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920. Poems, singer, piano, op. 9. In a myrtle shade |
| Included Work | Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920. Poems by Fiona MacLeod. Lament of Ian the Proud. |
| Included Work | Hageman, Richard, 1881-1966 At the well. |
| Included Work | Hageman, Richard, 1881-1966. Do not go, my love. |
| Included Work | Harbison, John Breakfast song. |
| Included Work | Harbison, John Odor. |
| Included Work | Heggie, Jake, 1961- Natural selection. Animal passion. |
| Included Work | Heggie, Jake, 1961- Of gods and cats. Once upon a universe. |
| Included Work | Hoiby, Lee. Songs of innocence. Shepherd. |
| Included Work | Hoiby, Lee. Where the music comes from. |
| Included Work | Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Songs. Selections. |
| Included Work | Kernis, Aaron Jay Good boy. |
| Included Work | Lekberg, Sven, 1899-1984 Spring and the fall. |
| Included Work | Mechem, Kirke. Debts. |
| Included Work | Mehldau, Brad I love the dark hours of my being. |
| Included Work | Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007 Old man's song. |
| Included Work | Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007 Swing. |
| Included Work | Moore, Ben, 1960- Irish songs. Cloak, the boat, and the shoes. |
| Included Work | Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980 Calm is the night. |
| Included Work | Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980 Reward. |
| Included Work | Pasatieri, Thomas. I thank all who have loved me. |
| Included Work | Previn, André, 1929-2019 Good morning midnight. |
| Included Work | Schuman, William, 1910-1992. Orpheus with his lute. |
| Included Work | Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. Breath of a rose. |
| Included Work | Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 Love song. |
| Included Work | Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Mostly about love. Prayer to St. Catherine. |
| Included Work | Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- Grace. |
| Included Work | Walters, Richard Blue Monday. |
| Portion of title |
American art song |
| Contents |
A slumber song of the Madonna / Alfred Noyes ; Samuel Barber -- The monk and his cat / tr. W.H. Auden ; Samuel Barber -- Night wanderers / William Henry Davies ; Samuel Barber -- St. Ita's vision / tr. Chester Kallmann ; Samuel Barber -- Strings in the earth and air / James Joyce ; Samuel Barber -- Meadow-larks / Ina Coolbrith ; Amy Marcy Cheney Beach -- The bustle in a house / Emily Dickinson ; William Bolcom -- Amor / Arnold Weinstein ; William Bolcom -- On the seashore of endless worlds / Rabindranath Tagore ; John Alden Carpenter -- Meet Doctor Livermore / Leonard Feeney ; Theodore Chanler -- The lamb / William Blake ; Theodore Chanler -- Farewell to the house in Bonac / John Hall Wheelock ; Norman Dello Joio -- Fort Tryon Park, September ; Song to the Witch of the Cloisters ; Christmas at the Cloisters ; The unicorn / William Hoffman ; John Corigliano -- Forever young / Bob Dylan ; John Corigliano -- Love in the dictionary ; Review / Celius Dougherty -- Breakfast song / Elizabeth Bishop ; John Harbison -- Odor / Michael Fried ; John Harbison -- I carry your heart / E.E. Cummings ; John Duke -- In a myrtle shade / William Blake ; Charles Griffes -- The lament of Ian the Proud / Fiona MacLeod ; Charles Griffes -- At the well ; Do not go, my love / Rabindranath Tagore ; Richard Hageman -- Animal passion / Gini Savage ; Jake Heggie -- Once upon a universe / Gavin Geoffrey Dillard ; Jake Heggie -- Where the music comes from / Lee Hoiby -- The shepherd / William Blake ; Lee Hoiby -- The spring and the fall / Edna St. Vincent Millay ; Sven Lekberg -- Evening / John Milton ; Charles Ives -- In the mornin' : spiritual / Charles Ives -- Serenity / John Greenleaf Whittier ; Charles Ives -- A good boy / Robert Louis Stevenson ; Aaron Jay Kernis -- Debts / Jessie B. Rittenhouse ; Kirke Mechem -- The cloak, the boat, and the shoes / William Butler Yeats ; Ben Moore -- I love the dark hours of my being / Rainer Maria Rilke ; tr. Anita Barrows and Joanna R. Macy ; Brad Mehldau -- The old man's song ; The swing / Gian Carlo Menotti -- Calm is the night ; Reward / John Jacob Niles -- I thank all who have loved me / Elizabeth Barrett Browning ; Thomas Pasatieri -- Good morning midnight / Emily Dickinson ; Andre Previn -- Love song ; A prayer to Saint Catherine / Kenneth Koch ; Virgil Thomson -- Orpheus with his lute / William Shakespeare ; William Schuman -- The breath of a rose / Langston Hughes ; William Grant Still -- Grace / Michael Tilson Thomas -- Blue Monday / Langston Hughes ; Richard Walters. |
| General note | Biographies of composers, p. 5-12. |
| Language | English words. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: G. Schirmer collection of American art song. High voice. New York : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed by Hal Leonard, ©2007 |
| Genre/form | Musical settings. |
| LCCN | 2010562228 |
| ISBN | 0634060198 |
| ISBN | 9780634060199 |
| UPC |
073999850680 |
| Publisher number | ED 4321 G. Schirmer |
| Publisher number | HL50485068 Hal Leonard |
