Pianissimo
Language: English
Sax mute, Sax crying Gold! All the world's dying, Amber lights, purple, rose, Breathing, Breathing the music goes. Light as petals drifting the trumpet blows, Light as breezes lifting, Shadows so light the trumpet blows. Slim fingers, flying feet, And his arm around me, [And the beat and the throb of the crying brass, Softly crying, softly dying.]1 And the moments pass, and it’s got to end. So soft he dances, so strong and soft, Like the lanterns swaying up aloft; And I like his breathing in my hair, And the music stops, and [I care]1.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "Pianissimo", 1948?, published 1948, copyright © 1948 [voice and piano], In Celius Dougherty, 30 Art Songs in Original Keys for Medium/High Voice, G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard, New York, 2004 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-15
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Word count: 96