“Benson’s settings of texts (Songs for the End of the World) …had winning simplicity.
- The New York Times

Song Cycles and Solo Songs
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – My Voice Not Being Proud
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – The Alchemist
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Juan’s Song
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Fifteenth Farewell II
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Knowledge
Theodore Presser Company-sales
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Bonita Boyd, flute
Gasparo GSCD-261
20:00
Mez, fl
text by Louise Bogan
1977
for Bonita Boyd
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – The Alchemist
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Juan’s Song
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Fifteenth Farewell II
Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan – Knowledge
Theodore Presser Company-sales
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Bonita Boyd, flute
Gasparo GSCD-261
20:00
Mez, fl
text by Louise Bogan
1977
for Bonita Boyd
Hills, Woods, Brook: Three Love Songs
Subito Music/The Online Subito Store
14:20
voice, cl, tpt, vn, vc, pf, 1 perc [be, mar, 4wdblk, tri]
text by A.R. Ammons
1982
for the University of Connecticut
Subito Music/The Online Subito Store
14:20
voice, cl, tpt, vn, vc, pf, 1 perc [be, mar, 4wdblk, tri]
text by A.R. Ammons
1982
for the University of Connecticut
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Why We Die
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Child’s Game
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – To My Father
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Dust
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Mourning For the Queen of Sunday
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Endless Life
Subito Music/The Online Subito Store
Performed by Lucy Shelton, soprano, Steve Doane, cello, Steven Isserlis, cello
Gasparo GSCD-261
35:00
S, 2 vc
text by May Swenson, Judson Jerome, Blaga Dmitrova, Sydney Russell, Robert Hayden, Liz M. Rosenberg
1984
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Child’s Game
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – To My Father
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Dust
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Mourning For the Queen of Sunday
Moon Rain and Memory Jane – Endless Life
Subito Music/The Online Subito Store
Performed by Lucy Shelton, soprano, Steve Doane, cello, Steven Isserlis, cello
Gasparo GSCD-261
35:00
S, 2 vc
text by May Swenson, Judson Jerome, Blaga Dmitrova, Sydney Russell, Robert Hayden, Liz M. Rosenberg
1984
Nara
Carl Fischer LLC-rental
16:00 (20:00)
S, fl, pf, 2 perc [2 timp, 2 toms, tam, maraca, jawbne, bd, whip, sm gong, tuned temple gong or ch, 8 high pitched drums (Moroccan clay drums)]
text by Earle Birney
1970
for the Lyric Arts Trio
Carl Fischer LLC-rental
16:00 (20:00)
S, fl, pf, 2 perc [2 timp, 2 toms, tam, maraca, jawbne, bd, whip, sm gong, tuned temple gong or ch, 8 high pitched drums (Moroccan clay drums)]
text by Earle Birney
1970
for the Lyric Arts Trio
Shadow Wood – Shadow Wood
Shadow Wood – My Little One
Shadow Wood – Old Men Are Fond
Shadow Wood – Covenant
Shadow Wood – We Have Not Long To Love
Shadow Wood – The Last Wine
Keiser Productions, Inc.
Performed by Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano and the Meadows Wind Ensemble
Jack Delany, conductor
Gasparo GSCD – 342
22:00
Mez, 16 winds, perc -’93 version: mezzo, 2 (pc).1.2.bc.1/1.1.1.0/db (w/low C) hp/4perc [be, vb, ch, mar, 4tri, 2sc, 3tams, wdblk, 2bd, picc sd, bongo, tamb, tmpb, metal wdch,glass wdch]
text by Tennessee Williams
1968
for Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory W.E., Frank Battisti, conductor (full band); SMU Meadows W.E., Jack Delaney, conductor (chamber ens.)
Shadow Wood – My Little One
Shadow Wood – Old Men Are Fond
Shadow Wood – Covenant
Shadow Wood – We Have Not Long To Love
Shadow Wood – The Last Wine
Keiser Productions, Inc.
Performed by Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano and the Meadows Wind Ensemble
Jack Delany, conductor
Gasparo GSCD – 342
22:00
Mez, 16 winds, perc -’93 version: mezzo, 2 (pc).1.2.bc.1/1.1.1.0/db (w/low C) hp/4perc [be, vb, ch, mar, 4tri, 2sc, 3tams, wdblk, 2bd, picc sd, bongo, tamb, tmpb, metal wdch,glass wdch]
text by Tennessee Williams
1968
for Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory W.E., Frank Battisti, conductor (full band); SMU Meadows W.E., Jack Delaney, conductor (chamber ens.)
Songs for the End of the World - I. Awakening
Songs for the End of the World - II. Two Step
Songs for the End of the World - III. Lullaby
Songs for the End of the World - IV. Spring
Songs for the End of the World - V. Siciliana
Songs for the End of the World - VI. Nocturne
Hal Leonard
Songs for the End of the World - II. Two Step
Songs for the End of the World - III. Lullaby
Songs for the End of the World - IV. Spring
Songs for the End of the World - V. Siciliana
Songs for the End of the World - VI. Nocturne
Hal Leonard
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Verne Reynolds, horn, Robert Sylvester, cello, John Beck, marimba, Phillip West, English horn
Albany Records: Troy 236
30:00
Mez, hn, Eng hn, vc, mar
John Gardner
1980
for the International Horn Society
Albany Records: Troy 236
30:00
Mez, hn, Eng hn, vc, mar
John Gardner
1980
for the International Horn Society
(Three) Solitary Songs – American Primitive
Carl Fischer LLC
Excerpt “American Primitive”
Performed by Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79178-2
02:09
med. voice (avail in treble and bass clefs), pf
text by Earle Birney, William Jay Smith, and Kenneth Patchen
Carl Fischer LLC
Excerpt “American Primitive”
Performed by Jan DeGaetani, mezzo soprano, Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79178-2
02:09
med. voice (avail in treble and bass clefs), pf
text by Earle Birney, William Jay Smith, and Kenneth Patchen
1964