Three myths for coloratura soprano

Song Cycle by Rick Sowash (b. 1950)

1. Pan
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
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Yet half a beast is the great god Pan,
  To laugh as he sits by the river,
Making a poet out of a man:
The true gods sigh for the cost and pain --
For the reed which grows nevermore again
  As a reed with the reeds of the river.

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First published in Cornhill Magazine, July 1860
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2. Sphere music
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
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Steep is the mountain, but you, you will help me to overcome it,
And stand with my head in the zenith, and roll my voice from the summit,
Sounding for ever and ever thro’ Earth and her listening nations,
And mixt with the great sphere-music of stars and of constellations.
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Paul Ezust [Guest Editor]

3. Orpheus
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
In the Kingdom of Thrace there lived a singer and Orpheus
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Total word count: 182