One of the most prolific and respected of American art song composers, Ned Rorem is finally represented in a substantial, representative collection, which includes six songs never before published (in boldface in the contents list), and many newly published transpositions.

Contents: Absalom Alleluia Are you the new person? A Birthday Catullus: on the Burial of His Brother A Child Asleep in Its Own Life Chromatic Fantasy Clouds Come In (High Voice only) Confitebor Tibi (High Voice only) Conversation Early in the Morning The End Ferry me across the water For Susan A Glimspe (Low Voice only) Go, Lovely Rose (High Voice only) He Thinks Upon His Death (Low Voice only) I strolled across an open field I will always love you Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair A Journey The Land of Fear Little Elegy Look down, fair moon The Lordly Hudson Love Love in a Life Nantucket The Nightingale O Do Not Love Too Long On a Little Bird On a Singing Girl Orchids Philomel (Low Voice only) Poem for F. Psalm 150 Rain in Spring (Low Voice only) The Serpent Shelley’s Vision The Sick Wife The silver swan (High Voice only) Sometimes with one I love Spring (Manley Hopkins) Spring (Koch) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Such beauty as hurts to behold That shadow, my likeness To a Young Girl Visits to St. Elizabeths The Waking What if some little pain… While Sodom was occupied You, the young rainbow.