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Four Pieces

Song Cycle by Bruce Christian Bennett (b. 1968)

1. Hymn
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
To Love in all her loveliness
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Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Joseph Howard (b. 1929), copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Hymne", appears in Les Épaves, in 2. Galanteries, no. 10, appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 94, Amsterdam, À l'enseigne du Coq, first published 1866
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2. A Pagan's Prayer
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
No, no less than the worst of your fires will do
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Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Joseph Howard (b. 1929), copyright ©

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  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "La Prière d'un païen", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 86, Paris, Michel Lévy frères, first published 1868
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3. Meditation
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Behave, my Sorrow! let's have no more scenes
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Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Joseph Howard (b. 1929), copyright ©

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  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Recueillement", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 104, Paris(?), Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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4. The Abyss
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Pascal had his abyss, it followed him
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Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Joseph Howard (b. 1929), copyright ©

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  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le gouffre", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 102, Paris(?), Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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