b. 1564d. 1616
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's writings have been a great inspiration to many American song composers.
Image: William Shakespeare, National Portrait, London, public domain
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The Willow Song
Aria Minasian, mezzo-soprano; Sara Chiesa, piano2:24
Related Information
Poetry Foundation
poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-shakespeareOpen Source Shakespeare
opensourceshakespeare.orgUltimate Shakespeare Resource Guide
freebooknotes.com/shakespeare-guideSongs
Come Away, Death2005Richard DanielpourWilliam ShakespeareEpitaph1946Ernst BaconEmily Dickinson, Janet Lewis, William ShakespeareLove’s Pilgrimage2000Juliana HallWilliam ShakespeareSongs from “As You Like It”1979Robert G. PattersonWilliam ShakespeareSonnet LXIV2002 · AftermathNed RoremWilliam ShakespeareSpring1952Richard HundleyWilliam ShakespeareTwo Songs2006William ShakespeareWhen Orpheus Played1979Richard HundleyWilliam ShakespeareDaffodilsThe FlowersBeverly Benjamin ColeWilliam Shakespeare
Records
2012
The Opera America Songbook–Volume 1
Mark Campbell, Richard Danielpour, Daron Aric Hagen, Lowell Liebermann, Amy Lowell, John Musto, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson
Sheet Music
Aftermath
Ned Rorem
1. The Drum
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then
Songs from ‘As You Like It’
Robert G. Patterson
1. Under the Greenwood Tree
2. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
3. It Was a Lover and His Lass
4. What Shall He Have That Killed the Deer
5. Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown
2. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
3. It Was a Lover and His Lass
4. What Shall He Have That Killed the Deer
5. Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown