by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971)
The bereaved swan
Language: English
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Authorship:
- by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The bereaved swan", appears in a good time was had by all, first published 1937
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "The bereaved swan", op. 126 no. 2 (1976) [ mixed chorus and woodwind quintet ], from Seven Poems of Stevie Smith, no. 2
- by Douglas Young (b. 1947), "The bereaved swan", 1970 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Not Waving but Drowning
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