Published 50 years after the last major treatment of American art song, the first edition of the three-volume American Art Song and American Poetry was the first work to fully consider the musical settings of American poetry. In this second edition, now published in a convenient, one-volume format, Ruth Friedberg and Robin Fisher have updated the entries on composers and poets from the first edition and added new individuals to both categories. As before, musical examples are liberally employed to illustrate specific approaches to poetic text-setting and are much more visually accessible due to present-day digital technology. Users will find the volume easy to use through its extensive bibliography and general index.

Foreword Introduction 1 A Nation Finds Its Voice Edward MacDowell William Dean Howells Charles M. Loeffler Edgar Allan Poe Charles Griffes John Tabb Sidney Lanier 2 Charles Ives Henry Wadsworth Longfellow John Greenleaf Whittier Oliver Wendell Holmes Charles Sprague Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman Vachel Lindsay Henry David Thoreau Louis Untermeyer James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. Thomas Bailey Aldrich 3 Settings by Six "Americanists" Douglas Moore Stephen Vincent Benet Theodore Roethke William Grant Still Paul Laurence Dunbar Langston Hughes Arna Bontemps Countee Cullen iv Contents Florence Price Paul Laurence Dunbar Langston Hughes Ernst Bacon Emily Dickinson Roy Harris Carl Sandburg Aaron Copland Emily Dickinson 4 Two American Originals Mary Howe Elinor Wylie Amy Lowell Virgil Thompson Marianne Moore 5 John Duke Adelaide Crapsey Edna St. Vincent Millay E. A. Robinson Elinor Wylie Sara Teasdale Robert Frost e.e. cummings Mark Van Doren Emily Dickinson 6 Into the New Century Ross Lee Finney Benjamin Franklin Charles Naginski Walt Whitman Carl Sandburg Sara Teasdale Sergius Kagen Walt Whitman Carl Sandburg Sara Teasdale Paul Nordoff Conrad Aiken Elinor Wylie Samuel Barber James Agee Frederic Prokosch Paul Bowles Tennessee Williams 7 The Second Decade Hugo Weisgall Adelaide Crapsey e.e. cummings Contents v Herman Melville Norman Dello Joio Stark Young David Diamond Herman Melville Vincent Persichetti Wallace Stevens Emily Dickinson 8 The Third Decade I Jack Beeson Edgar Allan Poe Abraham Lincoln Peter Viereck Richard Owen Stephen Crane Robert Frost Amy Lowell Jean Eichelberger Ivey Sara Teasdale William Flanagan Edward Albee Howard Moss 9 Ned Rorem Paul Goodman Theodore Roethke 10 The Third Decade II Ruth Schonthal Walt Whitman Lee Hoiby Ezra Pound Emma Lazarus Emma Lou Diemer Dorothy Diemer Hendry Dorothy Parker Richard Cumming Philip Minor 11 The Fourth and Fifth Decades Richard Hundley Kenneth Patchen James Purdy John Corigliano, Jr. William Hoffman Helen Greenberg Kenneth Patchen Flicka Rahn Amy Lowell 12 Half Century and Beyond vi Contents Libby Larsen Willa Cather John Musto Edna St. Vincent Millay Louise Bogan Lori Laitman William Carlos Williams Ricky Ian Gordon Langston Hughes Jake Heggie Vachel Lindsay Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index About the Authors