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Angels is a mindin’ you, my baby (2011)
Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mezzo-soprano and piano
Aye, Workman (1978, arranged 2003)
Poetry by Stephen Crane
Medium voice and piano
A Banjo Song (2004)
Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Tenor and piano
Bestiary for the Fingers of My Right Hand (2008)
Poetry by Charles Simic
Baritone and piano
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Canciones de Cuna (1986-87, chamber arrangement 2011)
Poetry by Gabriela Mistral
Mezzo-soprano and piano; or
Mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello and piano
Meciendo
Hallazgo
Yo no tengo soledad
Cancion amarga
Me tuviste
Ere Sleep Comes Down (2004)
Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Medium voice and piano
Jump Back, Honey
A Summer’s Night
Little Brown Baby
Song of Summer
Accountability
Ere Sleep Comes Down
The Grass (1969-71, chamber arrangement 1973-74)
Poetry by Carl Sandburg
Medium voice and piano; or
Medium voice, string quartet and clarinet
If All the World Were Paper (2008)
Poet anonymous, adapted by Philip Hayden
High or medium-high voice and piano
Importune Me No More (2004)
Poetry attributed to Queen Elizabeth I
Soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano
Moments (2009)
Poetry by Charles Simic
Medium voice and piano
Cabbage
Wooden Church
Empires
Little Night Music
Theatrical Costumes
Nearest Nameless
Crazy About Her Shrimp
New York Sketches: On Love’s Fragility (2016)
Poetry by Sara Teasdale
Mezzo-soprano and piano
The Metropolitan Tower
Union Square
Coney Island
Evening at Riverside
Poem for Salt (2009)
Poetry by Leroy V. Quintana
High voice and piano
Three Story Telling Songs (2005)
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling
Mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano
Mary, Pity Women
Eddi, Priest of St. Wilfrid
Soldier, Soldier
‘Tis This – In Music (2003)
Poetry by Emily Dickinson
High or medium-high voice and piano
The Tyger and the Lamb (2014)
Poetry by William Blake
Medium-high or medium voice and piano
The Lamb
The Tyger
The Voice of God (2010)
Poetry by Stephen Crane
High voice and piano
War Is Kind (1979)
Poetry by Stephen Crane
Medium voice and piano
Where the Rainbow Ends (2011)
Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Medium-high voice and piano