Collected Songs - High Voice

This is the first substantial collection ever published of songs by Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), composer of the operas The Mother of Us All and Four Saints in Three Acts. Thomson's musical style was based in Americana, but he was attracted to abstract poetry. The unique result is traditionalism turned on its ear. The songs date from 1926 until 1974.

Table of Contents:

• Before Sleeping
• The Courtship Of The Yongly Bongly Bo
• Down At The Docks
• English Usage
• Film: Deux seurs qui ne sont pas soeurs (Film: Two Sisters Not Sisters)
• From The Canticle Of The Sun
• Jerusalem, My Happy Home
• Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystere de la rue de Fleurus (The Cradle of Gertrude Stein or Mys
• Le Singe et le Leopard (The Monkey And The Leopard)
• Let's Take A Walk
• Love Song
• My Crow Pluto
• My Master Hath A Garden
• Pardon, Goddess Of The Night
• Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood)
• A Prayer To Saint Catherine
• Preciosilla
• Sigh No More, Ladies
• Sung By The Shepherds
• Susie Asado
• Take, O, Take Those Lips Away
• Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred
• The Tiger!
• Was This Fair Face The Cause

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Composer/Author:	Thomson, Virgil
Catalog Number:	50486466
Pages:	148