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Daffodils
Jeraldine Saunders Herbison
Song Collection: Six Songs, Op. 29
Daffodils
Beverly Benjamin Cole
William Shakespeare
Song Collection: The Flowers
Danny Deever
Walter Damrosch
Rudyard Kipling
Danse Africaine
Joyce Solomon Moorman
Langston Hughes
Dansé conni conné!
Camille Nickerson
Song Collection: Five Creole Songs
Darest Thou Now O Soul?
Jeremy Gill
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Whitman Portrait
Darest Thou Now, O Soul
Ernst Bacon
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Songs at Parting
Dark Girl
Hermann Reutter
Arna Bontemps
Song Collection: My Dark Hands
Dark Her Lodge Door (op. 69, no. 3)
Arthur Farwell
Charles O. Roos
Dark is as dark does
David Leisner
Mary Oliver
Song Collection: West Wind
Dark Mother, Always Gliding Near
James H. Rogers
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: In Memoriam
Dark Songs
Song CollectionBeth Anderson
Dana Gioia
David Mason
Darkness
Louis Campbell-Tipton
Arthur Symons
Song Collection: Four Sea Lyrics
Daughters
Song CollectionLori Laitman
David
Paul Bowles
Frances Frost
Dawn
Tom Cipullo
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song Collection: Climbing: Poems by African-Americans
Dawn
Betty Jackson King
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song Collection: A Set of Three Dunbar Poems
Dawn
Richard Thompson
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song Collection: The Shadow of Dawn: Five Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dawn in the St. Louis Cathedral
Nadine Shanti
Song Collection: New Orleans Suite
Dawn's Awakening
Florence Price
James Joseph Burke
Day
Lena J. McLin
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song Collection: Songs of Love
Day Dawns
Florence Price
Angelina Weld Grimké
Song Collection: Three Short Songs
Daybirth
Song CollectionH. Leslie Adams
Joette McDonald
Daybreak in Alabama
John Stone
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Daybreak in Alabama
Daybreak in Alabama
Ricky Ian Gordon
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Only Heaven
Daybreak in Alabama
Song CollectionJohn Stone
Langston Hughes
Days and Nights
Song CollectionLori Laitman
Robert Browning
Emily Dickinson
Christina Rossetti
Dead Fires
Carlos Simon
Dear March, Come In!
Aaron Copland
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Dearest (op. 24)
Sidney Homer
William Ernest Henley
Death by Drums (op. 21, no. 3)
Lowell Liebermann
Robert Graves
Song Collection: Final Songs, op. 21
Death Is High
Paul Bowles
Tennessee Williams
Song Collection: Gothic Suite
Death of an Old Seaman
Cecil Cohen
Langston Hughes
Death's Echo
Song CollectionJuliana Hall
W. H. Auden
Death's Gwineter Lay His Cold Icy Hand on Me
Florence Price
Deathbeds
James Primosch
Annie Dillard
Song Collection: Holy the Firm
Decade
John Harbison
Louise Glück
Song Collection: The Seven Ages
Decisions
Adolphus C. Hailstork
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Song Collection: Songs of Love and Justice
Deep River
Henry T. Burleigh
Spiritual
Delia (op. 57, no. 5)
Lowell Liebermann
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Song Collection: Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow, op. 57
Delinquent
Ricky Ian Gordon
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Only Heaven
Demand
Ricky Ian Gordon
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Only Heaven
Demonstrations of Love
Song CollectionPatricia Leonard
Departed — to the Judgment —
Leo Smit
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Beyond Circumference
Departed the Pride, and the Glory of Mardi
Robert Helps
Herman Melville
Song Collection: Two Songs
Departures
Stefania de Kenessey
Dana Gioia
Song Collection: Entrances and Departures
Deserted
Margaret Ruthven Lang
Richard Kendall Munkittrick
Desire
Tom Cipullo
Billy Collins
Song Collection: Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House
Desire
Charles Samuel Brown
Xavier de Callataÿ
Song Collection: Four Songs for Christine
Desire, Op. 13
Song CollectionRobert Owens
Langston Hughes
Despite and Still (op. 41, no. 5)
Samuel Barber
Robert Graves
Song Collection: Despite and Still, Op. 41
Despite and Still, Op. 41
Song CollectionSamuel Barber
Robert Graves
Theodore Roethke
James Joyce
Dialogue d’Amour
Maud Cuney Hare
Song Collection: Six Creole Folk-Songs
Dickinson Songs
Song CollectionStephen Paulus
Emily Dickinson
Die Nacht
Robert Owens
Song Collection: 3 Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Klavier, Op. 19
Difficulties
Adolphus C. Hailstork
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Song Collection: Songs of Love and Justice
Dirge
John Woods Duke
Adelaide Crapsey
Dirge For Two Veterans
Frédéric Louis Ritter
Walt Whitman
Dirge For Two Veterans
Kurt Weill
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Four Walt Whitman Songs
Dirge For Two Veterans
Simon Sargon
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: A Clear Midnight
Dirge For Two Veterans
Richard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Disclosure
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Dixie
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Do I Love You
Ned Rorem
Jack Larson
Song Collection: Poems of Love and Rain
Doan' Yo' Lis'n
Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Song Collection: Half-Minute Songs
Domesticity
Dominick Argento
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Song Collection: Casa Guidi
Don't Let That Horse--
Christopher Berg
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
don't look for me anymore
Richard Pearson Thomas
Song Collection: Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)
Donal Oge
Libby Larsen
Done Made My Vow To De Lord
Uzee Brown, Jr.
Doricha
Frank Lewin
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Song Collection: Variations of Greek Themes
Dormez, bonne noir
Nadine Shanti
Nadine Shanti
Song Collection: New Orleans Suite
Dormi, Jesu
Jacqueline Hairston
Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
Dove Sta Amore
John Musto
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Song Collection: Dove Sta Amore
Dove Sta Amore
Song CollectionJohn Musto
James Agee
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Carl Sandburg
Down at the Docks
Virgil Thomson
Kenneth Koch
Song Collection: Mostly About Love
Down by the Salley Gardens
David Leisner
William Butler Yeats
Song Collection: O Love is the Crooked Thing
Down East
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Song Collection: Five Street Songs
Down Where I Am
Erik Santos
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Dreamer: 7 Poems of Langston Hughes
Down, Down, Down
Steven Mark Kohn
Dream
Ricky Ian Gordon
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Only Heaven
Dream Cycle
Song CollectionIrene Britton Smith
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dream Dust / Hold Fast to Dreams
Dave Brubeck
Langston Hughes
Dream Variation
Margaret Bonds
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Three Dream Portraits
Dream Variation
Dorothy Rudd Moore
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: From the Dark Tower
Dream Variation
Brandon J Spencer
Langston Hughes
Dream Variations
Ricky Ian Gordon
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Only Heaven
Dream Variations
Richard Thompson
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Dream Variations
Dream Variations
Song CollectionRichard Thompson
Langston Hughes
Dream Variations
Brandon J Spencer
Langston Hughes
Dream Variations
Brandon J Spencer
Langston Hughes
Dreamer: 7 Poems of Langston Hughes
Song CollectionErik Santos
Langston Hughes
Dreamin' Town
Florence Price
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dreamland
Jeremy Gill
Edgar Allan Poe
Dreams
Lori Laitman
Mary Oliver
Song Collection: Sunflowers
Dreams (op. 53, no. 2)
Lowell Liebermann
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Three Dream Songs, op. 53
Dreams in War Time
Song CollectionJuliana Hall
Amy Lowell
Drizzle
Zenobia Powell Perry
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song Collection: Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Drum
Hermann Reutter
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: My Dark Hands
Drum
Ricky Ian Gordon
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Only Heaven
Drum
Sergius Kagen
Langston Hughes
Drum
Joyce Solomon Moorman
Langston Hughes
Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Drums of Tragedy
H. Leslie Adams
Langston Hughes
Song Collection: Nightsongs
Dry Bones
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual
Song Collection: Five Creek-Freedman Spirituals
Dunn Songs
Song CollectionJeremy Gill
Stephen Dunn
Dust of Snow
Elliott Carter
Robert Frost
Song Collection: Three Poems of Robert Frost
Dust Of Snow (op. 104, no. 4)
Lowell Liebermann
Robert Frost
Song Collection: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, op. 104
Duty
Charles Ives
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dying
Rosephanye Powell
Spiritual
Song Collection: Then, Here, and Now