© by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009)
The literalist
Language: English
the wind does not move on [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Robin Blaser (1925 - 2009), appears in The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser, in The Moth Poem (1962 -- 1964), copyright © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California [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 Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "The Literalist", copyright © 2018, first performed 2018 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Three songs from The Holy Forest, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lloyd E. Burritt (b. 1940), "The literalist", first performed 2012 [ baritone and piano or string quartet ], from Moth Poem, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-11
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