1944
10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108
Composed by 
Arthur Farwell
Arthur Farwell Text by 
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Song Collection
Emily Dickinson was Arthur Farwell's favorite poet. During his sixties and seventies, he set thirty-nine of her poems to music. Thirty-four were published posthumously in Boosey & Hawkes' two-volume Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson by Arthur Farwell. 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108 is in the second volume.
Below are listed excerpts from this song cycle. These excerpts have been recorded by tenor and American song scholar Paul Sperry on his album Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Song.
Songs
The Butterfly (op. 108, no. 2)1944 · 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108Arthur FarwellEmily DickinsonAmple Make This Bed (op. 108, no. 7)1944 · 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108Emily DickinsonI’m Nobody (op. 108, no. 8)1944 · 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108Arthur FarwellEmily DickinsonPapa Above! (from op. 108)1944 · 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108Arthur FarwellEmily Dickinson
Records
1995
Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Song
Paul Bowles, Theodore Chanler, Arthur Farwell, Richard Hundley, Virgil Thomson
Sheet Music