© by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979)
Ballad for Billie II Matches base text
Language: English
The time has come to call a halt [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by John H. Harbison (b. 1938), "Ballad for Billie II", 1995-9, published 2000 [ soprano and chamber ensemble ], from North and South, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979), "Ballad for Billie II", appears in North and South, in Songs for a Colored Singer, no. 2, first published 1946, copyright ©
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