Children's voices in the orchard [ ... ]
Six T.S.Eliot songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
Song Cycle by Jani Christou (1926 - 1970)
2. New Hampshire [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), "New Hampshire", appears in Landscapes, first published 1936, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.First published in Virginia Quarterly Review, April 1934 as one of "Words for Music"
3. Death by Water [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.
Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), no title, appears in The Waste Land , in 4. Death by Water
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Flebas il fenicio", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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4. Mélange adultère de tout [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
En Amerique, professeur; En Angleterre, journaliste; C'est à grands pas et en sueur Que vous suivrez à peine ma piste. En Yorkshire, conférencier; A Londres, un peu banquier, Vous me paierez bein la tête. C'est à Paris que je me coiffe Casque noir de jemenfoutiste. En Allemagne, philosophe Surexcité par Emporheben Au grand air de Bergsteigleben; J'erre toujours de-ci de-là A divers coups de tra là là De Damas jusqu'à Omaha. Je célébrai mon jour de fête Dans une oasis d'Afrique Vetu d'une peau de girafe. On montrera mon cénotaphe Aux côtes brulantes de Mozambique.
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), "Mélange adultère de tout", appears in Poems, first published 1920
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5. Eyes that last I saw in tears [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Eyes that last I saw in tears Through division Here in death's dream kingdom The golden vision reappears I see the eyes but not the tears This is my affliction This is my affliction Eyes I shall not see again Eyes of decision Eyes I shall not see unless At the door of death's other kingdom Where, as in this, The eyes outlast a little while A little while outlast the tears And hold us in derision.
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), "Eyes that last I saw in tears"
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First published in Chapbook, November 1924, as one of "Doris' Dream Songs"Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
6. The wind sprang up at four o' clock [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
The wind sprang up at four o'clock [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.7. Virginia [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Red river, red river [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), "Virginia", appears in Landscapes, first published 1936, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.First published in Virginia Quarterly Review, April 1934 as one of "Words for Music"
Total word count: 433