by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
April
Language: English
I open wide the portals of the Spring To welcome the procession of the flowers, With their gay banners, and the birds that sing Their song of songs from their aerial towers. I soften with my sunshine and my showers The heart of earth; with thoughts of love I glide Into the hearts of men; and with the Hours Upon the Bull with wreathed horns I ride.
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "April", appears in The Poet's Calendar, no. 4, first published 1882 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "April ", 1999, first performed 2000 [ tenor and piano ], from The Poet's Calendar -- 12 songs for Tenor and Piano, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "April", op. 151 no. 4 (2008) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from The Poet's Calendar. Zwölf Miniaturen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor nach Henry W. Longfellow, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 67