So free am I, so gloriously free [ ... ]
So Free Am I (Seven Settings of Poems by Women)
Song Cycle by Ben Moore (b. 1960)
Commissioned by the Marilyn Horne Foundation and
the ASCAP Foundation/Charles Kingsford Fund.
1. Mutta [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by Uma Chakravarti , "Mutta", from Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century, ed. by Susie J. Tharu and K. Lalita, p. 68, first published 1991, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Kumkum Roy , "Mutta", from Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century, ed. by Susie J. Tharu and K. Lalita, p. 68, first published 1991, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Pāḷi by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
2. Interlude
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Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
3. Orinda upon Little Hector Philips [sung text not yet checked]
Twice forty months of Wedlock did I stay,
Then had my vows crown'd with a Lovely boy,
And yet in forty days he dropt away,
O swift Visissitude of humane joy.
I did but see him and he dis-appear'd,
I did but pluck the Rose-bud and it fell,
A sorrow unforeseen and scarcely fear'd,
For ill can mortals their afflictions spell.
And now (sweet Babe) what can my trembling heart
Suggest to right my doleful fate or thee,
Tears are my Muse and sorrow all my Art,
So piercing groans must be thy Elogy.
Thus whilst no eye is witness of my mone,
I grieve thy loss ( Ah boy too dear to live)
And let the unconcerned World alone,
Who neither will, nor can refreshment give.
An Off'ring too for thy sad Tomb I have,
Too just a tribute to thy early Herse,
Receive these gasping numbers to thy grave,
The last of thy unhappy Mothers Verse.
Authorship:
- by Katherine Philips (1631 - 1664), "Orinda upon Little Hector Philips" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
4. Nervous prostration
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Authorship:
- by Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 - 1947), as Anna Wickham
5. Social note [sung text not yet checked]
Lady, lady should you meet [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), "Social note", appears in Enough Rope, first published 1926, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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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.6. The Poem as Mask -- Orpheus
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Authorship:
- by Muriel Rukeyser (1913 - 1980), copyright ©
7. Mettika [sung text not yet checked]
Though I am weak and tired now [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Uma Chakravarti , "Mettika", from Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century, ed. by Susie J. Tharu and K. Lalita, p. 69, first published 1991, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Kumkum Roy , "Mettika", from Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century, ed. by Susie J. Tharu and K. Lalita, p. 69, first published 1991, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Pāḷi by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Total word count: 297