| Preface to the Paperback Reissue | p. viii |
| Original Preface | p. 1 |
| Three Theatrical Songs (1946) Milton Babbitt (born 1916) | p. 5 |
| Chamber Music Book I (1981) Barry Seaman (born 1946) Text by James Joyce | p. 7 |
| Technical Grade 1 Four Songs (1958) George Newson (born 1932) Text by L. T. Smith | p. 11 |
| One and All (1975) Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947) Text by Paul Borum | p. 14 |
| May Rain (1941) Lou Harrison (born 1917) Text by Elsa Gidlow | p. 17 |
| The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs/A Flower (1942/1950) John Cage (1912-92) Text by James Joyce/No Text | p. 18 |
| The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs/A Flower (1942/1950) John Cage (1912-92) Text by James Joyce/No Text | p. 21 |
| The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs/A Flower (1942/1950) John Cage (1912-92) Text by James Joyce/No Text | p. 23 |
| Suite O' Bairnsangs (1953) Thea Musgrave (born 1928) Text by Maurice Lindsay | p. 26 |
| Five Summer Songs (1972) Ronald Perera (born 1941) Text by Emily Dickinson | p. 28 |
| Dear Emily (1973) Alison Bauld (born 1944) Text by William Blake and Alison Bauld | p. 32 |
| Five Lyrics of the Tang Dynasty (1947) John Beckwith (born 1927) Translation by Witter Bynner | p. 34 |
| Three Poems of Robert Frost (1942) Elliott Carter (born 1908) Text by Robert Frost | p. 36 |
| The Exiled King (1984) Brian Dennis (born 1941) Text by LI Yin (937-978) Translated by Brian Dennis | p. 39 |
| Six De La Mare Songs (nos. 1-4 and 6, 1966-71; No. 5, 1985) Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927) Text by Walter De La Mare | p. 43 |
| Letters Found Near a Suicide (1954) Earl Kim (born 1920) Text by Frank Horne | p. 47 |
| Five Songs (1978) André Previn (born 1929) Text by Philip Larkin | p. 50 |
| Bucolics Op. 28 (1968) James Wilson (born 1922) Text by John Clare | p. 53 |
| Bucolics Op. 28 (1968) James Wilson (born 1922) Text by John Clare | p. 56 |
| Bucolics Op. 28 (1968) James Wilson (born 1922) Text by John Clare | p. 58 |
| Meditation (1960) Gunther Schuller (born 1925) Text by Gertrude Stein | p. 62 |
| Something Rich and Strange (1976) Trevor Hold (born 1939) Text by William Shakespeare | p. 64 |
| Twelve Moravian Songs (1957) Karel Husa (born 1921) Translation by Ruth Martin | p. 67 |
| Come in Here Child (1968) David Bedford (born 1937) Text by Kenneth Patchen | p. 72 |
| Come in Here Child (1968) David Bedford (born 1937) Text by Kenneth Patchen | p. 74 |
| Garland for Marjory Fleming (1969) Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936) Text by Marjory Fleming | p. 77 |
| I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Text by Leonard Bernstein | p. 79 |
| I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Text by Leonard Bernstein | p. 83 |
| I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Text by Leonard Bernstein | p. 88 |
| I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Text by Leonard Bernstein | p. 92 |
| I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Text by Leonard Bernstein | p. 95 |
| I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Text by Leonard Bernstein | p. 99 |
| Beautiful Lie the Dead (1954) Jeremy Dale Roberts (born 1934) | p. 104 |
| Songs from the Thousand and One Nights (1959, Revised 1967) Richard Steinitz (born 1938) Translation by Powys Mathers | p. 106 |
| Five Songs (1951) Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) Text by William Blake | p. 109 |
| Extravaganzas (1963-9) Peter Dickinson (born 1934) Text by Gregory Corso | p. 114 |
| Extravaganzas (1963-9) Peter Dickinson (born 1934) Text by Gregory Corso | p. 117 |
| Three Auden Songs (1983) Hans Werner Henze (born 1926) Text by W. H. Auden | p. 121 |
| Five Songs on English Poems (1974) Daniël Manneke (born 1939) | p. 124 |
| Mutability (1952) Irving Fine (1914-62) Text by Irene Orgel | p. 129 |
| Three Songs (1961, Revised 1970-71) Roger Smalley (born 1943) Text by Walter De La Mare | p. 132 |
| Scotch Minstrelsy (1982) Judith Weir (born 1954) Text Adapted from Scottish Folk Ballads | p. 135 |
| Mirages (1970) William Alwyn (1905-85) Text by William Alwyn | p. 140 |
| The Seven Deadly Sins (1979) Robert Beaser (born 1954) Text by Anthony Hecht | p. 146 |
| Voices of the Prophets Op. 41 (1952) Alan Bush (born 1900) | p. 150 |
| Voices of the Prophets Op. 41 (1952) Alan Bush (born 1900) | p. 154 |
| Voices of the Prophets Op. 41 (1952) Alan Bush (born 1900) | p. 156 |
| Voices of the Prophets Op. 41 (1952) Alan Bush (born 1900) | p. 160 |
| Four Songs (1970) Robert Heppener (born 1925) Text by Ezra Pound | p. 163 |
| Evening Land (1981) Anthony Payne (born 1936) Text by W. H. Auden | p. 172 |
| On the Beach at Fontana (1929) Roger Sessions (1896-1985) Text by James Joyce | p. 177 |
| Graves Songs Set II Op. 22 (1977-82) Hugh Wood (born 1932) Text by Robert Graves | p. 179 |
| Love's Philosophy Op. 19 (1968-73) Paavo Heininen (born 1938) | p. 186 |
| Three Songs (1955) Donald Martino (born 1931) Text by James Joyce | p. 189 |
| The Voice of Love (1966) Nicholas Maw (born 1935) Text by Peter Porter | p. 192 |
| The Voice of Love (1966) Nicholas Maw (born 1935) Text by Peter Porter | p. 198 |
| The Voice of Love (1966) Nicholas Maw (born 1935) Text by Peter Porter | p. 200 |
| At the Edge of Time (1982) Brian Elias (born 1948) Text by Mervyn Peake | p. 203 |
| In the Temple of a Bird's Wing (1956 and 1965) Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-83) Text by Teresa Tanner | p. 207 |
| Poems of Tagore I (1970) Naresh Sohal (born 1939) Text by Rabindranath Tagore | p. 212 |
| Ballad 2 (1970) Bernard Rands (born 11935) Text by Gilbert Sorrentino | p. 214 |
| Ballad 2 (1970) Bernard Rands (born 11935) Text by Gilbert Sorrentino | p. 218 |
| Ballad 2 (1970) Bernard Rands (born 11935) Text by Gilbert Sorrentino | p. 222 |
| Ballad 2 (1970) Bernard Rands (born 11935) Text by Gilbert Sorrentino | p. 228 |
| Ballad 2 (1970) Bernard Rands (born 11935) Text by Gilbert Sorrentino | p. 232 |
| The Turning Wheel Op. 95(1979) John Joubert (born 1927) Text by Ruth Dallas | p. 238 |
| Sun, Moon and Stars (1978) Elizabeth Maconchy (born 1907) Text by Thomas Traherne | p. 242 |
| Peripheral Visions (1984) George Nicholson (born 1949) | p. 246 |
| Beata L'Alma (1966) David Blake (born 1936) Text by Herbert Read | p. 250 |
| Beata L'Alma (1966) David Blake (born 1936) Text by Herbert Read | p. 253 |
| Beata L'Alma (1966) David Blake (born 1936) Text by Herbert Read | p. 258 |
| I Am a Little Church (1976) Malcolm Singer (born 1953) Text by E. E. Cummings | p. 263 |
| Ia Orana, Gauguin (1978) John Casken (born 1949) Text by John Casken | p. 266 |
| Enitharmon (1973, Revised 1984/5) Gwyn Pritchard (born 1948) Text by William Blake | p. 270 |
| Acknowledgments and Publishers' Addresses | p. 277 |
| Composer Index | p. 283 |
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