Lyric Companion
Composer

A. Hovhaness

33 works in the catalog — read each text with IPA transcriptions and translations.

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LIEDER · 33

Black Pool of Cat

1911·2-songs
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No way is hard

1911·3-odes-of-solomon
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As the work of the husbandman

1911·3-odes-of-solomon
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As the wings of doves

1911·3-odes-of-solomon
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Pagan Saint

1911·4-songs
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Lullaby of the Lake

1911·4-songs
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Anabasis

1911
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Prelude

1911·dawn-at-laona
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Vision of Dark Places

1911·dawn-at-laona
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The hosts flew white

1911·dawn-at-laona
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Motionless breath

1911·dawn-at-laona
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Distant Lake of Sighs

1911
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From high Armenia mountains

1911
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How I adore thee

1911
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In early dawn time

1911
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Live in the Sun

1911
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Hafiz, like Lord Krishna, darting

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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Hafiz is a Merry Old Thief

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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O flowing of my tears

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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Hafiz wanders, weeping

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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Day of Hafiz' vision

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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O Love, hear my cry

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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Where is my Beloved?

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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Love for the soul

1911·love-songs-of-hafiz
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O Lady Moon

1865
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O World

1848
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Letters in the sand

1911·symphony-no-24-majnun
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The distracted lover

1911·symphony-no-24-majnun
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Majnun's love song

1911·symphony-no-24-majnun
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The Pencil of the Holy Ghost

1911·three-madrigals
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My sorrow is my love

1911·three-madrigals
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They all laugh

1911·three-madrigals
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Under a Byzantine Dome

1911
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Black Pool of Cat

1911·2-songs
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No way is hard

1911·3-odes-of-solomon
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As the work of the husbandman

1911·3-odes-of-solomon
EN

As the wings of doves

1911·3-odes-of-solomon
EN

Pagan Saint

1911·4-songs
EN

Lullaby of the Lake

1911·4-songs
EN

Anabasis

1911
EN

Prelude

1911·dawn-at-laona
EN