Lyric Companion
Composer

Harrison Birtwistle

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

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LIEDER · 35

An die Musik

1886
DE

Liebes-Lied 1

1864·bogenstrich
DE

Elegy 3, Sonnet I, 21

1886·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 4, Sonnet I, 22

1896·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 2, Sonnet I, 17

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 6, Sonnet I, 4

1900·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 11, Sonnet I, 9

1889·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 10, Sonnet I, 25

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE
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Elegy 26, Sonnet II, 29

1902·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 15, Sonnet I, 2

1912·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 18, Sonnet II, 18

1902·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 5, Sonnet I, 12

1912·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 21, Sonnet II, 28

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 12, Sonnet I, 5

1907·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 17, Sonnet I, 6

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 7, Sonnet I, 7

1912·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 25, Sonnet II, 27

1912·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 23, Sonnet II, 26

1912·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 9, Sonnet I, 15

1900·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 24, Sonnet II, 1

1903·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 16, Sonnet II, 13

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 19, Sonnet I, 20

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE

X

1934·settings-of-lorine-niedecker-10-12
EN

O light set the flame in amber...

1934·songs-by-myself
EN

I lean against a shade...

1934·songs-by-myself
EN

Cold statements...

1934·songs-by-myself
EN

Steps...

1934·songs-by-myself
EN

This silence before light

1934·songs-by-myself
EN

The Sadness of Komachi

1934
EN

White and light

1934·three-settings-of-celan
DE

Night

1934·three-settings-of-celan
DE

Tenebrae

1934·three-settings-of-celan
DE

The Literalist

1934·three-songs-from-the-holy-forest
EN

dear dusty moth

1934·three-songs-from-the-holy-forest
EN

…when falling asleep

1864
DE

An die Musik

1886
DE

Liebes-Lied 1

1864·bogenstrich
DE

Elegy 3, Sonnet I, 21

1886·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 4, Sonnet I, 22

1896·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 2, Sonnet I, 17

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 6, Sonnet I, 4

1900·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 11, Sonnet I, 9

1889·orpheus-elegies
DE

Elegy 10, Sonnet I, 25

1934·orpheus-elegies
DE