Songs before an adieu

Song Cycle by Barbara Kolb (b. 1939)

Word count: 446

1. The sentences [sung text checked 1 time]

Reading the sentences, November sun
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Authorship

by Robert Pinsky , appears in Sadness and Happiness, copyright © 1975 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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2. Now i lay [sung text not yet checked]

Now i lay (with everywhere around)
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Authorship

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), appears in 73 Poems, first published 1963, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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3. Cantata [sung text checked 1 time]

the nights are long in Norway
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by Howard Stern , copyright © 1981 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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4. Gluttonous smoke [sung text checked 1 time]

Why did you abandon me
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Authorship

by Vasko Popa (1922 - 1991), appears in Schism, copyright © 1969 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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5. L'adieu [sung text checked 1 time]

J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère
L'automne est morte souviens-t'en 
Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre
Odeur du temps brin de bruyère
Et souviens-toi que je t'attends

Authorship

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'adieu", written 1903; rev. 1912, appears in Alcools, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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