© by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
From whence cometh song?
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "Song (From whence cometh song?)", appears in The Far Field, first published 1964, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Song", 1983-99, first performed 1999 [ voice and piano ], from Heart of the Stranger, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Song", from The Nantucket Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "From whence cometh song", 1997, published 1999 [ voice and piano ], from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Song", 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Intimations of Mortality, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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