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Songbooks

by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992)

Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) ‑ The Year Begins To Be Ripe
 (Sung text for setting by J. Cage)
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Language: English 
The birds seem to delight in the first fine days of the fall in the warm hazy
light  (robbins, bluebirds. In families on the almost bare elms,  phoebes and 
probably purple finches).  Now the year itself begins to ripe, ripened by the 
frost like a persimmon. 

Composition:

    Set to music by John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992), "Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) - The Year Begins To Be Ripe", 1970, from Songbooks

Text Authorship:

  • by Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), from "Journal".

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Total word count: 46
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