Two Settings of Anna Akhmatova

Song Cycle by Sheena Phillips (b. 1958)

1. Where nothing is needed
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Where nothing is needed, I walk like a child, 
My shadow serves as the friend I crave.
The wind breezes out of a grove gone wild, 
And my foot is on the edge of the grave.

Text Authorship:

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

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
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