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1951


Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson

Composed by Otto Luening
Text by Emily Dickinson

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Otto Luening composed his Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson from 1942-1951.

Songs

Our Share of Night to Bear1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonThe Show is Not the Show1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonHope is the Thing with Feathers1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonIf I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonExperiment to Me1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonI Felt a Cleavage in my Mind1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonFew Yet Enough1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonSoul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily DickinsonWhen I Hoped, I Feared1951 · Nine Songs to Poems of Emily DickinsonOtto LueningEmily Dickinson

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Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson

Otto Luening
1. Our Share of Night to Bear
2. The Show is Not the Show
3. Hope is the Thing with Feathers
4. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
5. Experiment to Me
6. I Felt a Cleavage in my Mind
7. Few Yet Enough
8. Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?
9. When I Hoped, I Feared
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