Collection number: RG 42
Collection number: RG 42
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. John Duke's will names the Smith College Archives as his manuscript trustee. Therefore, anyone wishing to publish, perform, or record any of Duke's unpublished words in entirely or in quotations in excess of "fair use" must receive written permission from the Director of the Smith College Archives in advance of publication or performance.
John Duke was a distinguished composer, pianist, and teacher of piano. He is best known for his art-songs in English, which were composed between 1920 and his death in 1984. His works also include solo instrumental pieces, instrumental and vocal chamber music, choral and symphonic works, and music for the stage. He composed two operas ("Captain Lovelock," 1953; "The Sire de Maletroit," 1958), an operetta ("The Yankee Pedlar," 1962), a "musical fantasy for children" ("The Cat That Walked Himself": 1964), and music for numerous Smith College faculty shows and theatre department productions.
John Duke was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on July 30, 1899. He became interested in music through his mother, Matilda Hoffman Duke. "A music lover and a talented singer," she was Duke's first music teacher. At age 16 he won a three-year scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. There he studied piano with Harold Randolph and theory and composition with Gustav Strube.
In 1918, following a period of volunteer service in the army, Duke continued his music study in New York City with lessons in piano from Franklin Cannon and in composition from Howard Brockway and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1920 he made his New York piano debut in Aeolian Hall.
On December 22, 1922, he married Dorothy Macon, a writer. The couple often collaborated on musical works and on lecture-recitals. Dorothy Duke wrote the libretto for "The Sire de Meletroit," "The Yankee Pedlar," and "The Cat That Walked by Himself," as well as texts for several Smith College faculty shows.
In 1922 and 1923 Duke was editor of the American Piano Company Recording Labs. He made recordings for them and for the Duo-Art Company. His compositions were first published in 1923, when G. Schirmer, Inc., printed his first two songs, "I've Dreamed of Sunsets" and "Lullaby."
Duke's long affiliation with Smith College began in the fall of 1923, when he was appointed assistant professor of music. Duke taught piano and in the 1950s and 1960s offered a course in the literature of the piano. In 1938 he was made a full professor of music, a position he held until he was honored with the Henry Dike Sleeper Chair in 1960.
Duke was an active performer and lecturer throughout the Connecticut River Valley (and beyond), giving many recitals and lecture-recitals and teaching a number of University Extension Service of the Connecticut Valley courses, mainly in piano literature and pedagogy. He also wrote columns and reviewed concerts for the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Duke spent his first sabbatical from Smith (1929-30) studying in Europe with Nadia Boulanger and Artur Schnabel. He was a member of the Yaddo Summer Music Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1936 and 1937, and he served as program chair for the Yaddo concert series of contemporary American chamber music in 1937. In 1941 Duke's "Carnival Overture" was given its premiere by the Boston Pops Orchestra. His 1944 sabbatical was spent in New York City, where he was chair of the National Association of American Composers and Conductors and arranged a series of four concerts of contemporary chamber music.
Duke's association with John Seagle and the Seagle Colony, the summer school for singers in Schroon Lake, New York, began in 1951, when his daughter Karen attended a session. From then until his death, Mr. Duke almost always made an annual visit to the colony. His operas, "Captain Lovelock" and "The Sire de Maletroit," were written for the Opera Guild at the colony and were first performed there. Duke wrote other pieces for the colony (e.g., "Lord, Bless This Food") and was often present for workshops or performances of his music.
John Duke was honored by this hometown of Cumberland, Maryland, when April 1, 1957, was declared "John Duke Day." Other honors included the American Society of Composers and Publishers Standard Award to composers, which he received for twenty-two consecutive years (1963-84). The Peabody Conservatory Alumni Association bestowed on him its Award for Distinguished Service in 1969.
John Duke retired from Smith College as professor emeritus in 1967. He remained active as a composer, writing 126 of his 265 catalogued songs after that time. He died in Northampton on October 26, 1984.
The John Duke Papers occupy 18 linear feet of shelving and consist of scores, correspondence, scrapbooks, writings, recordings, printed materials, and miscellaneous papers which document Duke's life and career. They are concentrated in the years following his appointment to the faculty of Smith College in 1923. There is very little from his youth and student days.
The scores of John Duke's compositions make up the most important portion of the papers. Included are copies of all of the 265 catalogued songs which constitute Duke's major output as a composer. All known mature Duke works are available in manuscript and/or final form. There are also a few scores of student works and some unfinished works, including the song he was composing at the time of his death.
There is good material for the study of John Duke's method and philosophy of composition. Manuscript notebooks include rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic sketches of a number of the works composed between 1944 and 1984. Duke's lectures and writings on the art-song, the drafts of outgoing correspondence, and letters from poets such as Archibald MacLeish, William Rose Benet, Mark Van Doren, and Richard Nickson give a clear picture of Duke's thinking about the musical form he loved best and about this choice of texts to set.
Duke's triple career (composer, teacher, pianist) is well documented. His career as a composer can be traced not only through the material above but also through correspondence from colleagues, friends, family, singers, and other musicians. Included are such prominent contemporaries as Roger Sessions, Aaron Copland, Walter Piston, Wayne Barlow, Sigmund Spaeth, Daniel Gregory Mason, Mack Harrell, Gladys Swarthout, Ross Lee Finney, Roy Harris, Arthur Fieldler, William Warfield, and Douglas Moore.
Correspondence from Duke's piano students attests to his lasting influence as a teacher. His devotion to teaching and to the problems of pedagogy is in evidence in that correspondence and in the texts of his lectures and writings on piano technique and literature.
Duke's career as a pianist is documented in correspondence from teachers, impresarios, piano companies, and supportive friends. The letters received before 1945, when he began to devote his time more exclusively to composing, clearly reflect the problems of an artist getting started. Duke's continued activity as a performing musician is well documented by scrapbooks and concert programs.
This finding aid has four appendices.
This collection is organized into six series:
The papers are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. John Duke's will names the Smith College Archives as his manuscript trustee. Therefore, anyone wishing to publish, perform, or record any of Duke's unpublished words in entirely or in quotations in excess of "fair use" must receive written permission from the Director of the Smith College Archives in advance of publication or performance.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
John Duke Papers, Box #, Smith College Archives.
The John Duke Papers came to the Smith College Archives in January 1985. The scores were a bequest of John Duke, and the remaining materials were a gift of his daughter, Karen Duke Sturges.
Key to symbols designated by John Duke
| # | TITLE | TEXT BY | YEAR | VOICE | PUBLISHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I've Dreamed of Sunsets | Holland, J.G. | 1920 | M | G. Schirmer* |
| 2 | Lullaby | Jackson, Jessica | 1920 | MS | G. Schirmer* |
| 3 | The Babe (2 keys) | Carpenter, Edward | 1924 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 4 | The Grunchin' Witch | Jackson, Jessica | 1924 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 5 | Shelling Peas (2 keys) | Jackson, Jessica | 1924 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 6 | February Twilight (2 keys) | Teasdale, Sara | 1924 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 7 | Loveliest of Trees (2 keys) | Housman, A.E. | 1928 | H, M | G. Schirmer |
| 8 | My Soul is an Enchanted Boat | Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1934 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 9 | White in the Moon | Housman, A.E. | 1934 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 10 | When I was One and Twenty | Housman, A.E. | 1934 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 11 | Twentieth Century | Hillyer, Robert | 1935 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 12 | Rapunzel | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 13 | Dirge | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 14 | Fragment (2 keys) | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 15 | The Monk in the Garden | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | M | Ms. |
| 16 | Elaine (2 keys) | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1935 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 17 | The End of the World | MacLeish, Archibald | 1935 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 18-20 | Three Songs in Praise of Death for Voice and String Quartet | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 18 | Come, Lovely and Soothing Death | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 19 | Dark Mother, Always Gliding Near | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 20 | From Me to Thee Glad Serenades **alternate version of #20 for voice and piano "Death Carol"** | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 21 | Wild Swans | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1935 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 22 | Lesbia Railing (Catullus) | Swift, Jonathan | 1939 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 23 | To Cloe (Martial) | Moore, Thomas | 1939 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 24 | Erotion (Martial) | Smith, Kirby Flower | 1939 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 25 | Hesperus (Sappho) | Byron | 1939 | M | Recital Publ. |
| 26 | To Helen | Poe, Edgar Allen | 1940 | B | Ms. |
| 27 | To Karen, Singing | Duke, John | 1944 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 28 | Calvary | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 29 | Luke Havergal (2 keys) | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | H, M | Carl Fischer |
| 30 | Richard Cory | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 31 | Miniver Cheevy | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 32 | Bells in the Rain (2 keys) | Wylie, Elinor | 1945 | H, M | Carl Fischer |
| 33 | I Ride the Great Black Horses | Nathan, Robert | 1946 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 34 | Here in This Spot with You | Nathan, Robert | 1946 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 35 | The Puritan's Ballad | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 36 | Velvet Shoes | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | H | Carl Fischer |
| 37 | Little Elegy (2 keys) | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 38 | The Bird | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | H | G. Schirmer |
| 39 | The Snare | Stephens, James | 1946 | H | Ms. |
| 40 | Chill of the Eve | Stephens, James | 1946 | H | Ms. |
| 41 | For a Dead Kitten | Hay, Sara Henderson | 1946 | M | Southern/NY |
| 42 | Voices | Bynner, Witter | 1946 | H | Boosey and Hawkes (B and H) |
| 43 | A Piper | O'Sullivan, Seumas | 1946 | S | G. Schirmer |
| 44 | At the Aquarium | Eastman, Max | 1947 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 45 | Song Making | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | MS | Ms. |
| 46 | Reveille | Housman, A.E. | 1947 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 47 | I Can't Be Talking of Love (2 keys) | Mathews, Esther | 1947 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 48 | Central Park at Dusk | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | S | B and H |
| 49 | On a March Day | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | M | B and H |
| 50 | Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts | Cullen, Countee | 1947 | M | Ms. |
| 51 | Catalog | Moore, Rosalie | 1947 | M | Ms. |
| 52 | Deep Sea Mood | Anonymous | 1947 | M | Ms. |
| 53 | Capri | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | S | B and H |
| 54 | Spray | Teasdale, Sara | 1948 | S | B and H |
| 55 | Peggy Mitchell (2 keys) | Stephens, James | 1948 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 56 | A Bird Sings Now | Stephens, James | 1948 | H, MS | Ms. |
| 57 | Evening (2 keys) | Prokosch, Frederic | 1948 | M, L | Carl Fischer |
| 58 | Viennese Waltz | Wylie, Elinor | 1948 | H | Carl Fischer |
| 59 | Stillness | Duke, Karen | 1949 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 60 | Just-Spring (2 keys) | cummings, e.e. | 1949 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 61-65 | Five Songs for Baritone | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 61 | Long is the Wave | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 62 | Death's Great Folly | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 63 | Woman, if Your Were Dead | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 64 | O Friendly Sun | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 65 | Walk to the End | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 66 | Acquainted with the Night | Frost, Robert | 1950 | M | Southern/NY |
| 67 | April Elegy | Fisher, Alfred Y. | 1950 | H | G. Schirmer |
| 68 | When I Set Out for Lyonesse (2 keys) | Hardy, Thomas | 1950 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 69 | Go, Lovely Rose (2 keys) | Waller, Edmund | 1951 | B, T | Ms. |
| 70 | To the Thawing Wind | Frost, Robert | 1951 | M | Southern /NY |
| 71 | Yellow Hair | Yeats, William Butler | 1951 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 72 | There Will Be Stars | Teasdale, Sara | 1951 | MS, S | B and H |
| 73 | hist-whist | cummings, e.e. | 1952 | S | Southern /NY |
| 74-76 | Three Gothic Ballads for Baritone | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern /NY |
| 74 | The Old King | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern /NY |
| 75 | The Mad Knights Song | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern /NY |
| 76 | The Coward's Lament | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern /NY |
| 77 | O, It Was Out by Donnycarney | Joyce, James | 1953 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 78 | In the Fields | Mew, Charlotte | 1953 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 79 | Morning in Paris | Hillyer, Robert | 1953 | H | Carl Fischer |
| 80 | Love's Secret | Blake, William | 1953 | M | B and H |
| 81 | Only for Me | Van Doren, Mark | 1954 | T | B and H |
| 82 | Wine and Water | Chesterton, G.K. | 1954 | B | Ms. |
| 83 | Night Coming Out of a Garden | Douglas, Alfred | 1954 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 84 | The Mountains Are Dancing | cummings, e.e. | 1955 | H | Carl Fischer |
| 85 | The Last Word of a Bluebird (2 keys) | Frost, Robert | 1955 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 86 | The Door | Johns, Orrick | 1956 | M | B and H |
| 87 | Bread and Music | Aiken, Conrad | 1950 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 88 | The Half Moon Westers Low | Housman, A.E. | 1957 | B | Ms. |
| 89 | Lesbia's Sparrow | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1957 | H | Ms. |
| 90 | John Mouldy | de la Mare, Walter | 1958 | M | Ms. |
| 91 | I Watched the Lady Caroline | de la Mare, Walter | 1958 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 92 | Silver | de la Mare, Walter | 1959 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 93 | When Slim Sophia Mounts Her Horse | de la Mare Walter | 1959 | M | Theo. Presser |
| 94 | March Snow | Wells, Katherine G. | 1959 | S | Ms. |
| 95-97 | Three Sonnets for Voice, Viola and Piano | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1959 | S | Ms. |
| 95 | Sweet Sounds, O Beautiful Music | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1959 | S | Ms. |
| 96 | Time Does Not Bring Relief | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1959 | S | Ms. |
| 97 | Thou Famished Grave | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1959 | S | Ms. |
| 98 | Spring Thunder (2 keys) | Van Doren, Mark | 1960 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 99 | Mid Century Love Letter | McGinley, Phyllis | 1960 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 100 | i carry your heart | cummings, e.e. | 1960 | H | G. Schirmer |
| 101 | Be Still As You Are Beautiful (2 keys) | MacDonagh, Patrick | 1961 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 102 | Remembrance | Bronte, Emily | 1961 | M | Southern/NY |
| 103 | On the Dunes | Teasdale, Sara | 1961 | MS | Ms. |
| 104 | Credo | Robinson, E.A. | 1961 | MS | Ms. |
| 105-109 | From the Sea, Five Songs For Soprano | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 105 | All Beauty Calls Me to You | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 106 | Listen, I Love You | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 107 | I Am So Weak a Thing | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 108 | All Things in All the World | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 109 | O, My Love | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 110 | Renouncement | Meynell, Alice | 1964 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 111 | One Red Rose | Van Doren, Mark | 1964 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 112 | The White Dress | Wolfe, Humbert | 1964 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 113 | Perversity | Mowrer, Paul Scott | 1964 | MS | Ms. |
| 114-116 | Three Chinese Love Lyrics For Tenor | various | 1964 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 114 | Noonday | Hsiang, Fan Tseng | 1964 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 115 | Through Your Window | Yeh, Tzu | 1964 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 116 | The Shoreless Sea | Chang, Li Hung | 1964 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 117 | Waiting | Ying Ts'ui Ying | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 118 | Tucked up Skirts | The Book of Songs | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 119 | Incense and Moonlight | Yu, Kan Ju | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 120 | The Fifth Watch of the Night | T'ang, Chien | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 121 | O World | Van Doren, Mark | 1965 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 122 | What's Wrong | Van Doren, Mark | 1965 | B | Ms. |
| 123 | The Whisperer | Van Doren, Mark | 1965 | MS | Ms. |
| 124 | Soft, Soft, Soft | Van Doren, Mark | 1966 | B | Ms. |
| 125 | The Wind Has Changed | Van Doren, Mark | 1966 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 126 | So Simple | Van Doren, Mark | 1966 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 127 | The Fallow Deer | Hardy, Thomas | 1966 | M | Ms. |
| 128 | The Song of Wandering Aengus | Yeats, William Butler | 1966 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 129 | The Dark Hills | Robinson, E.A. | 1966 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 130 | Stop All the Clocks | Auden, W.H. | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 131 | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Frost, Robert | 1967 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 132 | A Winter Night | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 133-138 | Songs out of Sorrow, Six Songs for Mezzo-soprano | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 133 | Spirit's House | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 134 | Mastery | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 135 | Lessons | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 136 | In a Burying Ground | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 137 | Wood Song | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 138 | Refuge | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 139-141 | Three Epitaphs from the Greek Anthology for Baritone | various | 1968 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 139 | An Inscription By the Sea (Glaucus) | Robinson, E.A. | 1968 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 140 | Undying Thirst (Antipater) | Bland, Robert | 1968 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 141 | A Happy Man | Robinson, E.A. | 1968 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 142 | Dunce's Song | Van Doren, Mark | 1968 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 143 | The Lonely Isle (Claudius Claudianus) | Mumford-Jones, H. | 1968 | M | Recital Publ. |
| 144-149 | Six Poems by Emily Dickinson for Soprano | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 144 | Good Morning, Midnight | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 145 | Heart! We Will Forget Him! | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 146 | Let Down the Bars, O Death | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 147 | An Awful Tempest Mashed The Air | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 148 | Nobody Knows This Little Rose | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 149 | Bee, I'm Expecting You | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 150 | Brown Penny | Yeats, William Butler | 1968 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 151 | Slowly, Slowly, Wisdom Gathers | Van Doren, Mark | 1969 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 152 | Kennst Du Das Land | Goethe | 1969 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 153 | Love and Friendship | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | M | Southern/NY |
| 154 | Worlds of Light | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | MS | Southern/NY |
| 155 | On the Moors | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | MS | Southern/NY |
| 156 | The Old Stoic | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | M | Southern/NY |
| 157 | The Messenger | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | MS | Southern/NY |
| 158 | Bitterness | Fortson, Mary Lillian | 1970 | S | Ms. |
| 159 | Lovely | Fortson, Mary Lillian | 1970 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 160 | Along the Edge | Fortson, Mary Lillian | 1970 | S | Ms. |
| 161 | Heiss Mich Nicht Reden | Goethe | 1970 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 162 | So Lasst Mich Scheinen | Goethe | 1970 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 163 | When the Rose is Brightest | Willis, N. Parker | 1970 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 164 | Leila | Hill, George | 1970 | T | Ms. |
| 165 | Give Me Your Hand | Wheelock, John Hall | 1971 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 166 | Alien | MacLeish, Archibald | 1971 | M | Ms. |
| 167 | Old Ben Golliday | Van Doren, Mark | 1971 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 168 | In Valleys Green and Still | Housman, A.E. | 1971 | B | Ms. |
| 169 | The Black Panther | Wheelock, John Hall | 1971 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 170-174 | From a Very Little Sphinx: Five Songs for Soprano or Mezzo-soprano | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 170 | I Can't Decide | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 171 | Thistles and Roses | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 172 | The Horseshoe | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 173 | Ways to Die | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 174 | Look, Edwin | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 175 | To Daffodils | Herrick, Robert | 1971 | M | Ms. |
| 176 | Survivor | MacLeish, Archibald | 1972 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 177 | Reality (revised 1972) | Duke, Dorothy | 1972 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 178 | When I Am Gone | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1972 | H | Ms. |
| 179 | Something Sings | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | 1972 | H | Ms. |
| 180 | La Cigale | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1972 | M | Ms. |
| 181 | The Wind's Way | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1972 | H | Ms. |
| 182 | Love and Death (Catullus) | Garrod, H.W. | 1974 | M | Ms. |
| 183 | Counting the Beats | Graves, Robert | 1974 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 184 | Politics | Yeats, William Butler | 1974 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 185-190 | Good Morning! Six Songs for High Voice | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 185 | Good Morning! | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 186 | Walking in the Rain | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 187 | Those Great Clouds There | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 188 | Water that Falls And Runs Away | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 189 | Listen to Us, the Leaves Say | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 190 | Merry Go Round | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 191 | Envoy | Thompson, Francis | 1972 | H | Ms. |
| 192 | Midnight | Stephens, James | 1974 | M | Ms. |
| 193 | The Silver Car | Stephens, James | 1975 | M | Ms. |
| 194-197 | Four Poems | Emily Dickinson | 1975 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 194 | New Feet Within My Garden Go | Emily Dickinson | 1975 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 195 | The Rose Did Caper on Her Cheek | Emily Dickinson | 1975 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 196 | Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart? | Emily Dickinson | 1975 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 197 | I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed | Emily Dickinson | 1975 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 198 | June | Levy, Amy | 1975 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 199 | There Is a Laurel | Ashe, Thomas | 1975 | H | Ms. |
| 200 | Evening Song | Lanier, Sidney | 1975 | B | Ms. |
| 201 | Serenade | Hood, Thomas | 1975 | B | Ms. |
| 202 | I Lost My Heart | Housman, A.E. | 1976 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 203 | To Celia | Jonson, Ben | 1976 | B | Ms. |
| 204 | Why So Pale and Wan? | Suckling, Sir John | 1976 | B | Ms. |
| 205 | When in Disgrace With Fortune | Shakespeare, William | 1976 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 206 | To My Dear and Loving Husband | Bradstreet, Anne | 1977 | MS | Ms. |
| 207 | The Better Part | Santayana, George | 1977 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 208 | Far in a Western Brookland | Housman, A.E. | 1977 | B | Ms. |
| 209 | She Walks in Beauty | Byron | 1978 | B | Ms. |
| 210 | In the Garden | Fox, Ida | 1978 | S | Ms. |
| 211 | The Sheaves | Robinson, E.A. | 1978 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 212 | Robin Hood's Heart | Wylie, Elinor | 1979 | B | Ms. |
| 213 | These Are the Days | Dickinson, Emily | 1979 | MS | Ms. |
| 214 | How Sweet the Answer | Moore, Thomas | 1980 | M | Ms. |
| 215 | The Return from Town | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1980 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 216 | The Heart of a Rose | Noyes, Alfred | 1980 | H | Ms. |
| 217-219 | The Love Songs of Oberon, Three Songs for Baritone | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 217 | Titania's Eyes | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 218 | My Love Comes Walking | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 219 | Lute Song | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 220 | Penguin Geometry | Wheelock, Donald | 1980 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 221 | A Sonnet Unwritten (Heine) | Garnett, Richard | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 222 | Storm Wind | Wheelock, John Hall | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 223 | The Birthright of Multitudes | Housman, A.E. | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 224 | Good Friday Hymn | Santayana, George | 1980 | M | Ms. |
| 225 | The House on the Hill | Robinson, E.A. | 1981 | M | Ms. |
| 226 | When Yon Full Moon | Davies, W.H. | 1981 | B | Ms. |
| 227 | Let Us Lie Close | Davies, W.H. | 1981 | B | Ms. |
| 228 | The Mask | Davies, W.H. | 1981 | M | Ms. |
| 229 | I Shall Not Care | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | MS | Ms. |
| 230 | The Look | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | MS, S | Ms. |
| 231 | The Years | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | MS | Ms. |
| 232 | Deep in the Night | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | MS, S | Ms. |
| 233 | Twilight | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | S | Ms. |
| 234 | Bredon Hill | Housman, A.E. | 1981 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 235 | Return | Jordan, Barbara Leslie | 1981 | S | Ms. |
| 236 | There Shall Be More Joy | Ford, Ford Madox | 1981 | H | Ms. |
| 237 | The Little Crocodile | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 238 | The Duchess' Lullaby | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 239 | The Mock Turtle's Song | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 240 | The Lobster Quadrille | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 241 | Jabberwocky | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 242 | Night Song at Amalfi | Teasdale, Sara | 1982 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 243 | Fantasy | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 244 | All Music, All Delight | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 245 | Farewell | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 246 | Aubade | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 247 | Love's Mirror | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 248 | Song of the Night | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | T | Southern/Texas. |
| 249 | Till I Forget | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1983 | T | Ms. |
| 250 | Silent Noon | Rosetti, Dante Gabriel | 1983 | B | Ms. |
| 251 | The Rivals | Stephens, James | 1983 | B | Ms. |
| 252 | The Freedom of the Sky | Stephens, James | 1983 | H | Ms. |
| 253 | Green Eyes | Nickson, Richard | 1983 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 254 | A Flower | Nickson, Richard | 1983 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 255 | Oh, When I Was in Love | Housman, A.E. | 1983 | B | Ms. |
| 256 | With Rue My Heart is Laden | Housman, A.E. | 1983 | B | Ms. |
| 257 | What Lips My Lips Have Kissed | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1984 | MS | Ms. |
| 258 | Tyger! Tyger! | Blake, William | 1984 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 259 | Fair Annet's Song | Wylie, Elinor | 1984 | M | Ms. |
| 260 | Puritan Sonnet | Wylie, Elinor | 1984 | M | Ms. |
| 261 | Jenny Kissed Me | Hunt, Leigh | 1984 | B | Ms. |
| 262 | The Indian Serenade | Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1984 | T | Ms. |
| 263 | The Sleeping Beauty | de la Mare, Walter | 1984 | H | Ms. |
| 264 | If You Should Go (composed 1951) | Cullen, Countee | 1984 | H | Ms. |
| 265 | She's Somewhere in the Sunlight | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1984 | T | Southern/Texas |
| # | TITLE | TEXT BY | YEAR | VOICE | PUBLISHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | A Bird Sings Now | Stephens, James | 1948 | H, MS | Ms. |
| 254 | A Flower | Nickson, Richard | 1983 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 141 | A Happy Man (Carphyllides) | Robinson, E.A. | 1968 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 43 | A Piper | O'Sullivan, Seumas | 1946 | S | G. Schirmer |
| 221 | Sonnet Unwritten (Heine) | Garnett, Richard | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 132 | A Winter Night | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 66 | Acquainted with the Night | Frost, Robert | 1950 | M | Southern/NY |
| 166 | Alien | MacLeish, Archibald | 1971 | M | Ms. |
| 105 | All Beauty Calls Me to You | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 244 | All Music, All Delight | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 108 | All Things in All the World | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 160 | Along the Edge | Fortson, Mary Lillian | 1970 | S | Ms. |
| 147 | An Awful Tempest Mashed The Air | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 139 | An Inscription by the Sea (Glaucus) | Robinson, E.A. | 1968 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 67 | April Elegy | Fisher, Alfred Y. | 1950 | H | G. Schirmer |
| 44 | At the Aquarium | Eastman, Max | 1947 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 246 | Aubade | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | H | Ms. |
| 3 | The Babe | Carpenter, Edward | 1924 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 101 | Be Still As You Are Beautiful (2 keys) | MacDonagh, Patrick | 1961 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 149 | Bee, I'm Expecting You | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 32 | Bells in the Rain (2 keys) | Wylie, Elinor | 1945 | H, M | Carl Fischer |
| 207 | The Better Part | Santayana, George | 1977 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 38 | The Bird | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | H | G. Schirmer |
| 223 | The Birthright of Multitudes | Housman, A.E. | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 158 | Bitterness | Fortson, Mary Lillian | 1970 | S | Ms. |
| 169 | The Black Panther | Wheelock, John Hall | 1971 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 87 | Bread and Music | Aiken, Conrad | 1950 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 234 | Bredon Hill | Housman, A.E. | 1981 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 150 | Brown Penny | Yeats, William Butler | 1968 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 28 | Calvary | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 53 | Capri | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | S | B and H |
| 51 | Catalog | Moore, Rosalie | 1947 | M | Ms. |
| 48 | Central Park at Dusk | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | S | B and H |
| 40 | Chill of the Eve | Stephens, James | 1946 | H | Ms. |
| 18 | Come, Lovely and Soothing Death | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 183 | Counting the Beats | Graves, Robert | 1974 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 76 | The Coward's Lament | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern/NY |
| 104 | Credo | Robinson, E.A. | 1961 | M | Ms. |
| 129 | The Dark Hills | Robinson, E.A. | 1966 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 19 | Dark Mother, Always Gliding Near | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 50 | Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts | Cullen, Countee | 1947 | M | Ms. |
| 62 | Death's Great Folly | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 232 | Deep in the Night | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 52 | Deep Sea Mood | Anonymous | 1947 | M | Ms. |
| 13 | Dirge | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 86 | The Door | Johns, Orrick | 1956 | M | B and H |
| 238 | The Duchess' Lullaby | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 142 | Dunce's Song | Van Doren, Mark | 1968 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 16 | Elaine | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1935 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 17 | The End of the World | MacLeish, Archibald | 1935 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 191 | Envoy | Thompson, Francis | 1972 | H | Ms. |
| 24 | Erotion (Martial) | Smith, Kirby Flower | 1939 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 57 | Evening (2 keys) | Prokosch, Frederic | 1948 | M, L | Carl Fischer |
| 200 | Evening Song | Lanier, Sidney | 1975 | B | Ms. |
| 259 | Fair Annet's Song | Wylie, Elinor | 1984 | M | Ms. |
| 127 | The Fallow Deer | Hardy, Thomas | 1966 | M | Ms. |
| 243 | Fantasy | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 208 | Far In a Western Brookland | Housman, A.E. | 1977 | B | Ms. |
| 245 | Farewell | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 6 | February Twilight (2 keys) | Teasdale, Sara | 1924 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 120 | The Fifth Watch of the Night | T'ang Chien | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 61-65 | Five Songs for Baritone | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 41 | For a Dead Kitten | Hay, Sara Henderson | 1946 | M | Southern/NY |
| 117-120 | Four Chinese Love Lyrics for Soprano | various | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 194-197 | Four Poems | Dickinson, Emily | 1975 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 14 | Fragment (2 keys) | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 252 | The Freedom of the Sky | Stephens, James | 1983 | H | Ms. |
| 170-174 | From a Very Little Sphinx: Five Songs for Soprano or Mezzo-soprano | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 20 | From Me to Thee Glad Serenades | Whitman, Walt | 1935 | MS | Ms. |
| 105-109 | From the Sea, Five Songs for Soprano | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 165 | Give Me Your Hand | Wheelock, John Hall | 1971 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 69 | Go, Lovely Rose (2 keys) | Waller, Edmund | 1951 | B, T | Ms. |
| 224 | Good Friday Hymn | Santayana, George | 1980 | M | Ms. |
| 185 | Good Morning! | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 185-190 | Good Morning! A Cycle of Six Songs for High Voice | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 144 | Good Morning, Midnight | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 253 | Green Eyes | Nickson, Richard | 1983 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 4 | The Grunchin' Witch | Jackson, Jessica | 1924 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 88 | The Half Moon Westers Low | Housman, A.E. | 1957 | B | Ms. |
| 196 | Have You Got a Brook Little Heart? | Dickinson, Emily | 1975 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 216 | The Heart of a Rose | Noyes, Alfred | 1980 | H | Ms. |
| 145 | Heart! We Will Forget Him! | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 161 | Heiss Mich Nicht Reden | Goethe | 1970 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 34 | Here in This Spot With You | Nathan, Robert | 1946 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 25 | Hesperus (Sappho) | Byron | 1939 | M | Recital Publ. |
| 73 | hist-whist | cummings, e.e. | 1952 | S | Southern/NY |
| 172 | The Horseshoe | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 225 | The House on the Hill | Robinson, E.A. | 1981 | M | Ms. |
| 214 | How Sweet the Answer | Moore, Thomas | 1980 | M | Ms. |
| 107I | Am So Weak a Thing | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 47 | I Can't Be Talkin' of Love (2 keys) | Mathews, Esther | 1947 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 170I | Can't Decide | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 100 | i carry your heart (2 keys) | cummings, e.e. | 1960 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 202 | I Lost my Heart | Housman, A.E. | 1976 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 33 | I Ride the Great Black Horses (2 keys) | Nathan, Robert | 1946 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 229 | I Shall Not Care | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | MS | Ms. |
| 197 | I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed | Dickinson, Emily | 1975 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 91 | I Watched the Lady Caroline | de la Mare, Walter | 1958 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 1 | I've Dreamed of Sunsets | Holland, J.G. | 1920 | M | G. Schirmer* |
| 264 | If You Should Go (composed 1951) | Cullen, Countee | 1984 | H | Ms. |
| 136 | In a Burying Ground | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 78 | In the Fields | Mew, Charlotte | 1953 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 210 | In the Garden | Fox, Ida | 1978 | S | Ms. |
| 168 | In Valleys Green and Still | Housman, A.E. | 1971 | B | Ms. |
| 119 | Incense and Moonlight | Yu, Kan Ju | 1965 | S | Ms. |
| 262 | The Indian Serenade | Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1984 | T | Ms. |
| 241 | Jabberwocky | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital, Publ. |
| 261 | Jenny Kissed Me | Hunt, Leigh | 1984 | B | Ms. |
| 90 | John Mouldy | de la Mare, Walter | 1958 | M | Ms. |
| 198 | June | Levy, Amy | 1975 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 60 | Just-Spring (2 keys) | cummings, e.e. | 1949 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 152 | Kennst Du Das Land | Goethe | 1969 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 180 | La Cigale | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1972 | M | Ms. |
| 85 | The Last Word of a Bluebird (2 keys) | Frost, Robert | 1955 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 164 | Leila | Hill, George | 1970 | T | Ms. |
| 22 | Lesbia Railing (Catullus) | Swift, Jonathan | 1939 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 89 | Lesbia's Sparrow | Le Gallienne, Richard | 1957 | H | Ms. |
| 135 | Lessons | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 146 | Let Down the Bars, O Death | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 227 | Let Us Lie Close | Davies, W.H. | 1981 | B | Ms. |
| 106 | Listen, I Love You | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 189 | Listen to Us, the Leaves Say | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 237 | The Little Crocodile | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 37 | Little Elegy | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | L | G. Schirmer |
| 240 | The Lobster Quadrille | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 143 | The Lonely Isle (Claudius Claudianus) | Mumford-Jones, H. | 1968 | M | Recital Publ. |
| 61 | Long is the Wave | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 230 | The Look | Teasdale, Sara | 1981 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 174 | Look, Edwin | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1971 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 182 | Love and Death (Catullus) | Garrod, H.W. | 1974 | M | Ms. |
| 153 | Love and Friendship | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | M | Southern/NY |
| 247 | Love's Mirror | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 80 | Love's Secret | Blake, William | 1953 | M | B and H |
| 217-219 | The Love Songs of Oberon, Three Songs for Baritone | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 7 | Loveliest of Trees (2 keys) | Housman, A.E. | 1928 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 159 | Lovely | Fortson, Mary Lillian | 1970 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 29 | Luke Havergal (2 keys) | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | H, M | Carl Fischer |
| 2 | Lullaby | Jackson, Jessica | 1921 | MS | G. Schirmer* |
| 219 | Lute Song | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 75 | The Mad Knight's Song | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern/NY |
| 94 | March Snow | Wells, Katherine G. | 1959 | S | Ms. |
| 228 | The Mask | Davies, W.H. | 1981 | M | Ms. |
| 134 | Mastery | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 190 | Merry Go Round | Van Doren, Mark | 1974 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 157 | The Messenger | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | MS | Southern/NY |
| 99 | Mid Century Love Letter | McGinley, Phyllis | 1960 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 192 | Midnight | Stephens, James | 1974 | MS | Ms. |
| 31 | Miniver Cheevy | Robinson, E.A. | 1945 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 239 | The Mock Turtle's Song | Carroll, Lewis | 1982 | B | Recital Publ. |
| 15 | The Monk in the Garden | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | M | Ms. |
| 79 | Morning in Paris | Hillyer, Robert | 1953 | H | Carl Fischer |
| 84 | The Mountains Are Dancing | cummings, e.e. | 1955 | H | Carl Fischer |
| 218 | My Love Comes Walking | Van Doren, Mark | 1980 | B | Ms. |
| 8 | My Soul is an Enchanted Boat | Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1934 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 194 | New Feet Within My Garden Go | Dickinson, Emily | 1975 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 83 | Night Coming Out of a Garden | Douglas, Alfred | 1954 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 242 | Night Song at Amalfi | Teasdale, Sara | 1982 | S, MS | Ms. |
| 148 | Nobody Knows This Little Rose | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 114 | Noonday | Hsiang, Fan Tseng | 1964 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 64 | O Friendly Sun | McHugh, Vincent | 1949 | B | Ms. |
| 77 | O, It was Out by Donnycarney | Joyce, James | 1953 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 109 | O, My Love | Teasdale, Sara | 1962 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 121 | O, World | Van Doren, Mark | 1971 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 255 | Oh, When I Was in Love | Housman, A.E. | 1983 | B | Ms. |
| 167 | Old Ben Golliday | Van Doren, Mark | 1965 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 74 | The Old King | Heath-Stubbs, John | 1952 | B | Southern/NY |
| 156 | The Old Stoic | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | M | Southern/NY |
| 49 | On a March Day | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | M | B and H |
| 103 | On the Dunes | Teasdale, Sara | 1961 | MS | Ms. |
| 155 | On the Moors | Bronte, Emily | 1970 | MS | Southern/NY |
| 111 | One Red Rose | Van Doren, Mark | 1964 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 81 | Only for Me | Van Doren, Mark | 1954 | T | B and H |
| 55 | Peggy Mitchell (2 keys) | Stephens, James | 1948 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 220 | Penguin Geometry | Wheelock, Donald | 1980 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 113 | Perversity | Mowrer, Paul Scott | 1964 | MS | Ms. |
| 184 | Politics | Yeats, William Butler | 1974 | B | Southern/Texas |
| 260 | Puritan Sonnet | Wylie, Elinor | 1984 | M | Ms. |
| 35 | The Puritan's Ballad | Wylie, Elinor | 1946 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 12 | Rapunzel | Crapsey, Adelaide | 1935 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 177 | Reality (revised 1972) | Duke, Dorothy | 1922 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 138 | Refuge | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 102 | Remembrance | Bronte, Emily | 1961 | M | Southern/NY |
| 110 | Renouncement | Meynell, Alice | 1964 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 235 | Return | Jordan, Barbara Leslie | 1981 | S | Ms. |
| 215 | The Return from Town | Millay, Edna St. Vincent | 1980 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 46 | Reveille | Housman, A.E. | 1947 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 30 | Richard Cory | Robinson, E.E. | 1945 | M | Carl Fischer |
| 251 | The Rivals | Stephens, James | 1983 | H | Ms. |
| 212 | Robin Hood's Heart | Wylie, Elinor | 1979 | MS | Ms. |
| 195 | The Rose Did Caper on Her Cheek | Dickinson, Emily | 1975 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 201 | Serenade | Hood, Thomas | 1975 | B | Ms. |
| 209 | She Walks in Beauty | Byron | 1978 | B | Ms. |
| 211 | The Sheaves | Robinson, E.A. | 1978 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 265 | She's Somewhere in the Sunlight | LeGallienne, Richard | 1984 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 5 | Shelling Peas (2 keys) | Jackson, Jessica | 1924 | H, L | G. Schirmer |
| 116 | The Shoreless Sea | Chang, Li Hung | 1964 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 250 | Silent Noon | Rosetti, Dante Gabriel | 1983 | B | Ms. |
| 92 | Silver | de la Mare, Walter | 1959 | M | G. Schirmer |
| 193 | The Silver Car | Stephens, James | 1975 | M | Ms. |
| 144-149 | Six Poems by Emily Dickinson For Soprano | Dickinson, Emily | 1968 | S | Southern/NY |
| 263 | The Sleeping Beauty | de la Mare, Walter | 1984 | H | Ms. |
| 151 | Slowly, Slowly Wisdom Wisdom Gathers | Van Doren, Mark | 1969 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 39 | The Snare | Stephens, James | 1946 | H | Ms. |
| 162 | So Lasst Mich Scheinen | Goethe | 1970 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 126 | So Simple | Van Doren, Mark | 1966 | M | Southern/Texas |
| 124 | Soft, Soft, Soft | Van Doren, Mark | 1966 | B | Ms. |
| 179 | Something Sings | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | 1972 | H | Ms. |
| 45 | Song Making | Teasdale, Sara | 1947 | MS | Ms. |
| 248 | Song of the Night | Nickson, Richard | 1982 | T | Southern/Texas |
| 128 | The Song of Wandering Aengus | Yeats, William Butler | 1966 | B | Carl Fischer |
| 133-138 | Songs Out of Sorrow, Six Songs for Mezzo-soprano | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 133 | Spirit's House | Teasdale, Sara | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 54 | Spray | Teasdale, Sara | 1948 | S | B and H |
| 98 | Spring Thunder (2 keys) | Van Doren, Mark | 1960 | H, L | Carl Fischer |
| 59 | Stillness | Duke, Karen | 1949 | S | Southern/Texas |
| 130 | Stop all the Clocks | Auden, W.H. | 1967 | MS | Southern/Texas |
| 131 | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Frost, Robert | 1967 | H | Southern/Texas |
| 222 | Storm Wind |