1941
12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105
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. Selections from 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105 are published in the first 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 Songs.
Songs
Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers (op. 105, no. 2)1938 · 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105Arthur FarwellEmily DickinsonAristocracy (op. 105, no. 8)1941 · 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105Arthur FarwellEmily DickinsonSummer’s Armies (op. 105, no. 9)1941 · 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105Arthur FarwellEmily DickinsonThe Level Bee (op. 105, no. 10)1941 · 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105Arthur FarwellEmily DickinsonPresentiment (op. 105, no. 12)1941 · 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105Arthur FarwellEmily Dickinson
Records
1995
Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Song
Paul Bowles, Theodore Chanler, Arthur Farwell, Richard Hundley, Virgil Thomson
Sheet Music