Howard Moss

Poetry editor of the New Yorker from 1950 to 1987, Howard Moss was an important figure in the careers of many American poets since the mid-twentieth century. Moss' own poetry has been set by American composers Morton Lauridsen, Otto Luening, and Ned Rorem.

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Born in New York City, Howard Moss taught briefly at Vassar College before beginning his career at the New Yorker. Even though he is more well known for his work as an editor, Moss was a gifted poet, devoted to developing his craft throughout his entire life.

–Christie Finn

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14 Songs on American Poetry

Composer(s): Ned Rorem

Song(s): As Adam Early in the Morning (Walt Whitman)
Early in the Morning (Robert Hillyer)
I am Rose (Gertrude Stein)
Memory (Theodore Roethke)
My Papa's Waltz (Theodore Roethke)
Night Crow (Theodore Roethke)
O You Whom I Often and Silently Come (Walt Whitman)
Root Cellar (Theodore Roethke)
Sally's Smile (Paul Goodman)
See How They Love Me (Howard Moss)
Snake (Theodore Roethke)
Such Beauty As Hurts to Behold (Paul Goodman)
The Waking (Theodore Roethke)
Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night (Walt Whitman)

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Poems of Love and Rain

Composer(s): Ned Rorem

Voice Type: Medium

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Songs of Our Time

Composer(s): Ricky Ian Gordon

Song(s): Virginia Woolf
Friend
Little Horse
Spell against Sorrow
The Light Comes on by Itself
Pont Mirabeau
A Poem of Unrest
This Room
If You Can
Aspen Tree
Three Floors
The Crazy Woman
Child
Dreams / Feet o' Jesus

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