Starting in 1909, Vachel Lindsay tramped the countryside dramatically declaiming his vivid poetry. His poems have inspired composers from Charles Ives and Sidney Homer to Norman Dello Joio and Jake Heggie.
Photo: Vachel Lindsay, 1913, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Songs & Song Collections BY Lindsay
(entered to date)
- Euclid (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- The Factory Window Song
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
- Music:
- Sidney Homer
- General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
- Music:
- Charles Ives
- The Haughty Snail-King (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- In Praise of Songs That Die
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- The Moon Is a Mirror - Song Collection
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the Little Girl Said) (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- The Old Horse in the City (in The Moon Is a Mirror)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- Songs to the Moon - Song Collection
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- The Strength of the Lonely (What the Mendicant Said) (in The Moon Is a Mirror)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- What the Forester Said (in The Moon Is a Mirror)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- What the Miner in the Desert Said (in The Moon Is a Mirror)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- What the Rattlesnake Said (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- What the Scarecrow Said (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- What the Snowman Said (in The Moon Is a Mirror)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
- Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be (What Grandpa Told the Children) (in Songs to the Moon)
- Music:
- Jake Heggie
