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Composers Bureau

Jack Beeson

Vocal Works

  • Abbie's Bird Song (1965; rev. 1967) for high voice and piano. Revision of an aria from Lizzie Borden. Text: Kenward Elmslie. 3'. Boosey & Hawkes
  • Against Idleness and Mischief and In Praise of Labor (1959), a practice session for high voice and piano. Text: Isaac Watts. 3'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Aria in Praise of Sopranos (1992) for tenor and piano. From Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Big Crash Out West (1951) for baritone and piano. Text: Peter Viereck. 2'. Galaxy Music Corp. or Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Cat! (1979) for soprano and piano. 3'. Text: John Keats. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Cowboy Song (1979) for baritone and piano. Text: Charles Causley. 4'. Galaxy Music Corp. or Boosey & Hawkes.
  • A Creole Mystery (1970) for mezzo-soprano or baritone and string quartet. Text: Lafcadio Hearn, adapted by the composer. 9-10'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are (1971) for mezzo-soprano or baritone and string quartet. Text: Peter Viereck. 12'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Death by Owl-Eyes (1971) for high voice and piano. Text: Richard Hughes. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Eldorado (1951) for high voice and piano. Text: Edgar Allan Poe. 2'. Galaxy Music Corp.
  • Fire, Fire, Quench Desire (1959) for high voice and piano. Text: George Peele. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Five Songs (1946; rev. 1950) for soprano and piano. Text: Francis Quarles. 8'. Peer International Corp.
  • Four Crazy Jane Songs (1992) for mezzo (or mezzo-contralto) and piano. (See "Lullaby" and "Three Love Songs", 1951). Boosey & Hawkes.
  • From a Watchtower (1976), five songs for high or middle voice and piano. Texts: William Wordsworth, W.H. Auden, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Walter de la Mare. 16'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • The Gambler's Song (1953) for baritone and piano. Revision of an aria from Hello Out There. Text: William Saroyan, adapted by the composer. 3'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Hide and Seek (an Easter ballad) (1991) for tenor and piano. Text: Peter Viereck. 3'. In preparation.
  • Indiana Homecoming (1956) for baritone and piano. Text: Abraham Lincoln. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • In the Public Gardens (1991) for tenor and piano. Text: John Betjeman. 3'. In preparation.
  • Killing Time (1992) for mezzo and piano. From Lizzie Borden. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Leda (1957) for reciting voice and piano. Text: Aldous Huxley. 20'. Manuscript.
  • Love Song, Arietta and Aria (1992) for tenor and piano. From The Sweet Bye and Bye. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Lullaby (1944; rev. 1959) for alto and piano. Text: William Butler Yeats. 3'. Manuscript.
  • Margret's Garden Aria (1965; rev. 1967) for high voice and piano. Revision of an aria from Lizzie Borden. Text: the composer. 3 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Mary Magdalen's Song (1991) for mezzo-soprano and piano. Text: Peter Viereck. 4'. In preparation.
  • Mother Rainey's Aria: The Wages of Sin and Reprise: To the Seducer (1992) for mezzo and piano. From The Sweet Bye and Bye. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Nine Songs and Arias for Baritone. See under individual titles for details. Boosey & Hawkes.
    • "Big Crash Out West"
    • "Calvinistic Evensong" (See Two Songs)
    • "Cowboy Song"
    • "The Gambler's Song" from Hello Out There
    • "Indiana Homecoming"
    • "Prescription for Living" from Doctor Heidegger's Fountain of Youth
    • "Senex" (See Two Songs)
    • "To a Sinister Potato"
    • "Wedding Song", from Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
  • Nine Songs and Arias for Soprano. See under individual titles for details. Boosey & Hawkes.
    • "Abbie's Bird Song" from Lizzie Borden
    • "Against Idleness and Mischief and In Praise of Labor"
    • "Cat!"
    • "Death by Owl-Eyes"
    • "Fire, Fire, Quench Desire"
    • "Margret's Garden Aria" from Lizzie Borden
    • "To Violetta Valery" from Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
    • "The Widow's Waltz" from Doctor Heidegger's Fountain of Youth
    • "The You Should of Done It Blues"
  • Piazza Piece (1951; rev. 1988), duet for soprano and tenor with piano. Text: John Crowe Ransom. 4 1/2'. Manuscript.
  • Prescription for Living (1978; rev. 1990) for bass-baritone and piano. An aria from Doctor Heidegger's Fountain of Youth. Text: Sheldon Harnick. 4 1/4'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Pull My Daisy (1997) for high voice and piano. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Six Lyrics for high voice and piano. Texts: Thomas Lovell Beddoes (2), Herman Melville, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jasper Mayne, Sir Walter Raleigh. 12'. Manuscript.
  • The Spinster's Anguish (1992) for mezzo and piano. From Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of Youth. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • A Tale Told by Mary's Lamb (1991) for tenor and piano. Text: Peter Viereck. 4'. In preparation.
  • Three Blake Songs (1992) for tenor and piano. See "Three Songs 1951". Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Three Love Songs (1944; rev. 1959) for alto and piano. Text: William Butler Yeats. 5'. Manuscript.
  • Three Songs (1945; rev. 1951) for soprano and piano. Text: William Blake. 4'. Manuscript.
  • To a Sinister Potato (1970) for baritone and piano. Text: Peter Viereck. 3 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • To Violetta Valery (1975) for soprano and piano. An aria from Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Text: Sheldon Harnick. 2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Two Cavatinas (1992) for tenor and piano. From Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Two Concert Arias (1951/53) for soprano and piano. Manuscript.
    • "The Elephant" (1953) Text: D.H. Lawrence. 3 1/2'.
    • "The Hippopotamus" (1951) Text: T.X. Eliot. 4 1/2'.
  • Two Millay Sonnets (1992) for mezzo and piano. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Two Songs (1952) for baritone and piano. Text: John Betjeman. 5 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Wedding Song (1975) for baritone and piano. An aria from Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Text: Sheldon Harnick. 2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • The Widow's Waltz (1978; rev. 1983) for high voice and piano. Revision of an aria from Doctor Heidegger's Fountain of Youth. Text: Sheldon Harnick. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • The You Should of Done It Blues (1971) for soprano and piano. Text: Peter Viereck. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.

Choral Works

  • The Bear Hunt (1957) for TBB chorus and piano. Text: Abraham Lincoln. 6'. Manuscript.
  • Boys and Girls Together (1965). Rounds for mixed voices a cappella. Text: Anonymous. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Commemoration (1960) for band and optional unison chorus. Text: Columbia College Alma Mater. 5-6'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Epitaphs (1993) for mixed voices a cappella. Theodore Presser.
  • Evening Prayer (1959), see "Rhymes and Rounds", under title "Night Spell"
  • Everyman's Handyman (1970), 9 rounds and canons for men's voices a capella. Text: Elizabeth W. Smith, adapted by the composer. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Give the Poor Singer a Penny (1959) from Nursery Rhyme Rounds. Text: Traditional nursery rhyme. 1 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Greener Pastures (1965), Round for mixed voices a cappella. Text: Anonymous. 2 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Hickup, Snicup (1959) for mixed voices a cappella. From Nursery Rhyme Rounds. Text: Traditional nursery rhyme. 1 1/2'. Galaxy Music Corp.
  • Hinx, Minx (1980), Nursery rhyme for SATB chorus a cappella. See "Rhymes and Rounds". 1 3/4'. Galaxy Music Corp.
  • Homer's Woe (1966), 12 rounds for treble singers a cappella. Text: Anonymous nursery rhymes. Boosey & Hawkes.; Canyon Press (#1-8)
  • In Praise of the Bloomers (1969) for men's voices a cappella. Text: Anonymous, from Mrs. Partinton's Carpetbag of Fun. 1 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Knots: Jack and Jill for Grownups (1979) for SATB chorus a cappella. Text: R.D. Laing. 12'. Theodore Presser.
  • Magicke Pieces (1991) for SATB chorus, bass-baritone, three winds and three bells. Text: Reginald Scot, Bishop Ernulf of Rochester, Robert Herrick, and Anon. 22'. Theodore Presser.
  • Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (1959) for mixed voices a cappella. Text: Nursery Rhyme. See "Rhymes and Rounds". 2'. Galaxy Music Corp.
  • The Model Housekeeper (1970), 9 rounds and canons for women's voices a cappella. Text: Elizabeth W. Smith, adapted by the composer. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Nursery Rhyme Rounds (1959) for mixed voices a cappella. Text: Traditional nursery rhymes. See under individual titles.
    • "Hickup, Snicup"
    • "Swan Song"
    • "Give the Poor Singer a Penny"
  • Rhymes and Rounds (1984) Galaxy Music Corp.
    • "Hickup, Snicup" (1959)
    • "Hinx, Minx" (1980)
    • "Night Spell" (1959; previous titles: "Evening Prayer", "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John")
    • "Swan Song" (1959)
  • A Round for Christmas (1942; rev. 1951) for SATB chorus a cappella. Text: from The Gospel according to Saint John. 1 1/2'. Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Swan Song (1959) for mixed voices a cappella. Text: Traditional nursery rhyme. See "Rhymes and Rounds" 1 1/2'. Galaxy Music Corp.
  • Three Psalms (1951) for mixed chorus a cappella. Text: The Bay Psalm Book. 8'. Manuscript.
    • Psalm 107 - TTBB
    • Psalm 121 - SSA
    • Psalm 140 - SATB
  • Three Settings from The Bay Psalm Book (1951) for SATB chorus a cappella with optional piano accompaniment. Psalms 131, 47 and 23. 8'. Oxford University Press.
  • The Tides of Miranda (1954), madrigal for five voices. Text: Sarah Moore. 3'. Oxford University Press.
  • To a Lady Who Asked for a Cypher (1969) for SATB chorus a cappella. Text: Anonymous, from Mrs. Partington's Carpetbag of Fun. 3'. Boosey & Hawkes.

 

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