Clogged only with Music, like the Wheels of Birds Afternoon and the West and the gorgeous nothings which compose the sunset keep their high Appoint ment
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Note: the poem was written on three triangles of an envelope. On one appears: “Clogged/only with/Music, like/the Wheels of/Birds.” On another, written at an oblique angle to the first, appear these words: “Afternoon and/the West and/the gorgeous/nothings/which/compose/the/sunset/keep.” and the final triangle was torn from the envelope and pinned to the hinged sections and reads: “their high/Appoint/ment.”
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Ingrid Stölzel (b. 1971), "Clogged Only With Music", 2016, copyright © 2016 [ soprano, flute, oboe and piano ], from The Gorgeous Nothings, no. 1, Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Juan Carlos Calvillo (b. 1983) , copyright © ; composed by Georgina Derbez.
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-04
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