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Four Fragments from Hölderlin's Madness

Song Cycle by Eric Hudes (b. 1920)

1. Form and spirit  [sung text not yet checked]

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All is an inscape
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Text Authorship:

  • by David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001), "Form and spirit", appears in Hölderlin's Madness, first published 1938, copyright ©

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Gestalt und Geist"
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2. The half of life  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Adorned with yellow pears
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Text Authorship:

  • by David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001), "The half of life", appears in Hölderlin's Madness, first published 1938, copyright © [an adaptation]

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Hälfte des Lebens", appears in Gedichte 1800-1804, in Nachtgesänge
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3. Sybil  [sung text not yet checked]

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The storm/ bends the branches
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Text Authorship:

  • by David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001), "Sybil", appears in Hölderlin's Madness, first published 1938, copyright © [an adaptation]

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Sybille"
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4. And little knowledge but much pleasure  [sung text not yet checked]

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And little knowledge but much pleasure
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Text Authorship:

  • by David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001), no title, appears in Hölderlin's Madness, first published 1938, copyright ©

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [text unavailable]
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Total word count: 183
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