Round for three muses

Only mouths are we. Who sings the distant heart
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Text Authorship:

• by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Heartbeat", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Set by Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960), subtitle: "muse of voice and song", 2017, published 2023 [ reciter, 3 percussion ], [New York, New York] : Angelfire Press; note: The piece is a cross between a concert work and a performance art piece, where the performers play their instruments and also speak, sing and move. There are possibilities for structured improvisation, staging, visual projection and creative lighting
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