© by T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
What we call the beginning is often the...
Language: English
What we call the beginning is often the end [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965), no title, appears in Four Quartets, in 4. Little Gidding, no. 5, copyright © [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 John Mitchell (b. 1941), "We shall not cease from exploration", op. 109 no. 5 (2001) [ duet for soprano and baritone with piano ], from Cantata: Four Passages (Excerpts from Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot), no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giselle Wyers (b. 1969), "We Shall Not Cease", 2018 [ satb chorus, piano and strings ], from And All Shall Be Well, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-31
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