Songs before an adieu

Song Cycle by Barbara Kolb (b. 1939)

1. The sentences
(Sung text)

Language: English

Reading the sentences, November sun
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Text Authorship:

by Robert Pinsky (b. 1940), appears in Sadness and Happiness, copyright © 1975

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

Language: English

Now i lay (with everywhere around)
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Text Authorship:

by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), appears in 73 Poems, first published 1963, copyright ©

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3. Cantata
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Language: English

the nights are long in Norway
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Text Authorship:

by Howard Stern , copyright © 1981

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4. Gluttonous smoke
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Language: English

Why did you abandon me
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Text Authorship:

by Vasko Popa (1922 - 1991), appears in Schism, copyright © 1969

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5. L'Adieu
(Sung text)

Language: French (Français)

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

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Adieu", written 1903, appears in Alcools, first published 1913

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Total word count: 444

Songs before an adieu

Song Cycle by Barbara Kolb (b. 1939)

1. The sentences (Sung text)

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

3. Cantata (Sung text)

4. Gluttonous smoke (Sung text)

5. L'Adieu (Sung text)

1. The sentences
(Sung text)

3. Cantata
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4. Gluttonous smoke
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5. L'Adieu
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