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Two Settings of Anna Akhmatova

Song Cycle by Sheena Phillips (b. 1958)

Publisher: Sheena Phillips (external link)

1. Where nothing is needed
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Where nothing is needed, I walk like a child
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Lyn Coffin (b. 1943), "Where Nothing Is Needed", copyright © 1983

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1964
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2. Music
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
A flame burns within her, miraculously
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Lyn Coffin (b. 1943), copyright © 1983

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  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1958
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