Adelaide Crapsey is best known as the inventor of the cinquain, a five-line poem inspired by Japanese haiku form and using an increasing syllable count (2 syllables, then 4, 6, 8, and 2 again). Crapsey's poetry has been set to music by John Duke, Lee Hoiby, and Hugo Weisgall.
Photo: Adelaide Crapsey, photographer and date unknown, publc domain
Songs & Song Collections BY Crapsey
(entered to date)
- Angélique (in Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey)
- Music:
- Lee Hoiby
- Dirge
- Music:
- John Duke
- Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey - Song Collection
- Music:
- Lee Hoiby
- Night (in Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey)
- Music:
- Lee Hoiby
- Pierrot (in Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey)
- Music:
- Lee Hoiby
- The Shroud (in Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey)
- Music:
- Lee Hoiby
