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William Bolcom writes the following note at the beginning of the score:
Marilyn Horne requested a cycle made up of poems by American women. I felt that, although I could have put together an anthology myself, the cycle would have a very strong profile if the selections were made with the aid of an American woman poet, and I accordingly asked my friend Alice Fulton for help; she then gave me a list of around 30 poems. Marilyn Horne then told me which of those she liked, I added those I liked, and that is how the selection was made.
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Pity Me Not Because the Light of Day
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song Collection: I Will Breathe a Mountain
How To Swing Those Obbligatos Around
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Alice Fulton
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The Crazy Woman
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Just Once
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Anne Sexton
Song Collection: I Will Breathe a Mountain
Never More Will The Wind
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H. D.
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The Sage
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Denise Levertov
Song Collection: I Will Breathe a Mountain
O To Be a Dragon
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Marianne Moore
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The Bustle in a House
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Emily Dickinson
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I Saw Eternity
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Louise Bogan
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Night Practice
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May Swenson
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The Fish
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Elizabeth Bishop
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I Will Breathe a Mountain
Composer(s): William Bolcom
Song(s): 1. Pity Me Not Because the Light of Day
2. How To Swing Those Obbligatos Around
3. The Crazy Woman
4. Just Once Text: Anne Sexton
5. Never More Will The Wind
6. The Sage Text: Denise Levertov
7. O To Be a Dragon
8. The Bustle in a House
9. I Saw Eternity
10. Night Practice
11. The Fish