Sickle dunes, uncounted [ ... ]
Three Settings of Celan
Song Cycle by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022)
1. White and light
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Michael Hamburger (1924 - 2007), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, "Weiß und leicht", appears in Sprachgitter
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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.2. Night
Language: English
Pebbles and scree. And a shard note, thin [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Michael Hamburger (1924 - 2007), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, "Nacht", appears in Sprachgitter
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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.3. Tenebrae
Language: English
We are near, Lord [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Michael Hamburger (1924 - 2007), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, appears in Sprachgitter
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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.Total word count: 281