Composition:

Set to music by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "Elegy 19, Sonnet I, 20", 2003-04, first performed 2004, line 15 [ oboe, harp and countertenor ], from Orpheus elegies, no. 26, Boosey & Hawkes

Text Authorship:

• by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 20

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Line count: 15
Word count: 92