© by Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
O to be a dragon
Language: English
If I, like Solomon, [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972), "O to be a dragon", from O to Be a Dragon, first published 1959, 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 Samuel Hans Adler (b. 1928), "O to be a dragon", published 1980 [SATB chorus a cappella], from the cantata A whole bunch of fun [text not verified]
- by William Bolcom (b. 1938), "O to be a dragon", 1990, first performed 1991 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from I Will Breath a Mountain: A Song Cycle from American Women Poets, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
Line count: 7
Word count: 32