by Chuang Tse (369 BCE - 286 BCE)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Butterfly dreams
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chuang Tse (369 BCE - 286 BCE) [text unavailable]
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 Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Butterfly dreams", 2002, first performed 2003 [ chorus a cappella ], from Butterfly Dreams, no. 1, Chester Music Ltd [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Butterfly dreams", 2002, first performed 2003 [ chorus a cappella ], from Butterfly Dreams, no. 8, Chester Music Ltd [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-04-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 27