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W. H. Auden (21 Feb 1907 - 29 Sep 1973)

Male Person - United Kingdom

Releases (4)

Official

Album - Spokenword

  1. The Voice Of The Poet - W. H. Auden 16 Mar 2004
  2. Reading From His Works

Other - Spokenword

  1. The Spoken Word: W. H. Auden (as W.H. Auden)
  2. The Spoken Word: W. H. Auden (as W.H. Auden)

Recordings by (91)

  1. In Memory of W.B.Yeats (Part 1) 1:49 (1996)
  2. In Memory of W.B. Yeats 3:55 (Oct 2001)
  3. Musée des Beaux Arts 1:22 (Oct 2001)
  4. If I Could Tell You 1:15 (Oct 2001)
  5. The Wanderer 2:06 (16 Mar 2004)
  6. O Where Are You Going? 0:58 (16 Mar 2004)
  7. Our Hunting Fathers 0:57 (16 Mar 2004)
  8. On This Island 0:57 (16 Mar 2004)
  9. As I Walked Out One Evening 2:14 (16 Mar 2004)
  10. Fish In The Unruffled Lakes 1:04 (16 Mar 2004)
  11. Autumn Song 1:03 (16 Mar 2004)
  12. Death's Echo 3:19 (16 Mar 2004)
  13. Musée Des Beaux Arts 1:29 (16 Mar 2004)
  14. From In Time Of War 3:41 (16 Mar 2004)
  15. In Memory Of W.B. Yeats 3:30 (16 Mar 2004)
  16. Law Like Law 2:42 (16 Mar 2004)
  17. Under Which Lyre 6:51 (16 Mar 2004)
  18. A Walk After Dark 2:07 (16 Mar 2004)
  19. The More Loving One 1:05 (16 Mar 2004)
  20. The Shield Of Achilles 3:48 (16 Mar 2004)
  21. Friday's Child 2:18 (16 Mar 2004)
  22. Thanksgiving For A Habitat 4:06 (16 Mar 2004)
  23. The Common Life 3:53 (16 Mar 2004)
  24. August 1968 0:39 (16 Mar 2004)
  25. Moon Landing 2:35 (16 Mar 2004)
  26. River Profile 2:46 (16 Mar 2004)
  27. A New Year Greeting 2:52 (16 Mar 2004)
  28. The Caves of Nakedness 6:29 (18 Apr 2006)
  29. Shield of Achilles / As I Walked Out One Evening 7:54 (15 Mar 2008)
  30. In Memory of W.B. Yeats (Part 1) 1:49 (01 Jan 2012)
  31. In Praise Of Limestone 6:13 ()
  32. Schoolchildren 1:22 ()
  33. As He Is 2:35 ()
  34. Bucolics (Winds, Woods, Mountains, Lakes, Islands, Plains, Streams) ?:?? ()
  35. In Memory O W. B. Yeats 3:57 ()
  36. The Capital 1:22 ()
  37. Five Lyrics 11:20 ()
  38. Bucolics (Winds) 2:41 ()
  39. Bucolics (Woods) 3:10 ()
  40. Bucolics (Mountains) 3:35 ()
  41. Bucolics (Lakes) 3:28 ()
  42. Bucolics (Islands) 1:38 ()
  43. Bucolics (Plains) 4:48 ()
  44. Bucolics (Streams) 4:36 ()
  45. On This Island 0:53 ()
  46. May 1:10 ()
  47. A Bride in the 30's 2:05 ()
  48. Song of the Beggars 1:59 ()
  49. Journey to Iceland 3:19 ()
  50. No Change of Place 1:50 ()
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Credited as (5)

  1. W.H. Auden
  2. W. H. Auden
  3. WH Auden
  4. W. H. Auden read by Lindsay Duncan
  5. Richard P. Feynman narrated by Richard Poe / Michelle Feynman & W. H. Auden narrated by Johanna Parker

Works (203)

Wrote

  1. Funeral Blues (1938)
  2. Shield of Achilles
  3. As I Walked Out One Evening
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Composed

  1. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Prologue. In the forest (4 Young Trees, 2 Wild Geese, Semichorus of Old Trees, Chorus)
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Lyrics

  1. Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27 (1940 - 1942)
  2. Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: I. In a Garden Shady (1940 - 1942)
  3. Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: II. I Cannot Grow (1940 - 1942)
  4. Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: III. O Ear Whose Creatures Cannot Wish to Fall (1940 - 1942)
  5. Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: IV. O Cry Created as the Bow of Sin (1940 - 1942)
  6. Symphony no. 2 "Choral"
  7. Three Auden Songs
  8. Three Auden Songs: 1. In Memoriam L.K.A. 1950-1952
  9. Three Auden Songs: 2. Rimbaud
  10. Three Auden Songs: 3. Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love
  11. Requiem: Songs for Sue, op. 33: III. W. H. Auden
  12. The Twelve
  13. The Twelve
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Libretto

  1. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom): Beauty in Death
  2. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom): A Scheduled Arrival
  3. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom): Appearances and Visions
  4. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom): Wordly Business
  5. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act III (Man and Wife)
  6. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom): Forty Years Past
  7. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom): The Order of the Day
  8. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I (The Emergence of the Bridegroom)
  9. Elegy for Young Lovers: Act II (The Emergence of the Bride)
  10. The Bassarids
  11. Paul Bunyan, op. 17
  12. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Mock Funeral March (Cronies, Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
  13. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
  14. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
  15. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
  16. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
  17. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)
  18. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Farmers' Exit (Cronies, Hel Helson)
  19. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetie, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)
  20. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Fido's Sympathy (Fido)
  21. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)
  22. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. The Fight (Chorus)
  23. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
  24. Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
  25. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Bunyan's Goodnight (3) (Paul Bunyan)
  26. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
  27. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)
  28. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)
  29. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Farmers' Song (John Shears, Second Solo, Chorus)
  30. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)
  31. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Bunyan's Return (Chorus)
  32. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)
  33. Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)
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Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11889466j
  2. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL118066A
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118650963

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Auden,_Wynstan_Hugh

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/515776

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041537/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/2465832

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178698