by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)
Life is motion
Language: English
In Oklahoma, Bonnie and Josie, Dressed in calico, Danced around a stump. They cried, "Ohoyaho, Ohoo"... Celebrating the marriage Of flesh and air.
First published 1919.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), "Life is motion", appears in Harmonium, first published 1923 [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 Justin Riveagh Connolly (b. 1933), "Life is motion", op. 14 no. 3, published 1967 [ soprano, flute (piccolo), clarinet (bass clarinet), trumpet, viola, vibraphone, celesta, and harp ], from Poems of Wallace Stevens II, no. 3, Borough Green, Kent, England : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Life is motion", op. 142 no. 4, published 1977 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Five Part Songs to Poems by Wallace Stevens, no. 4, London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 23