© by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
The Dance
Language: English
In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "The Dance", appears in The Wedge, first published 1944, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elinor Armer (b. 1939), "The Dance", published 2011 [ voice and piano ], from Will You, Won't You?, no. 2, Subito Music [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "The Dance", published 1981 [ voice and piano ], from The Nantucket Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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