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Three Chinese Love Lyrics for Tenors
Song Cycle by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984)
1. Noonday
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Henry H. Hart , appears in A Garden of Peonies, first published 1938, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Fan Tseng-Hsiang [text unavailable]
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Language: English
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Authorship:
- by Henry H. Hart , appears in A Garden of Peonies, first published 1938, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tzu Yeh Shi [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. The shoreless sea  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Oh dragon, you who rule the shoreless sea of death, steal away my loved one while, bending over her in passionate musing, I drink in her breath, bear her away on your ghostly ship, and take me with her so we may sail together always, drunk with love.
Authorship:
- by James Whitall (1888 - 1954), "The shoreless sea", appears in Chinese Lyrics from The Book of Jade, first published 1918
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917) [text unavailable]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Hongzhang (1823 - 1901) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 48