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Let us walk in the white snow In a soundless space; With footsteps quiet and slow, At a tranquil pace, Under veils of white lace. I shall go shod in silk, And you in wool, White as white cow's milk, More beautiful Than the breast of a gull. We shall walk through the still town In a windless peace; We shall step upon white down, Upon silver fleece, Upon softer than these. We shall walk in velvet shoes: Wherever we go Silence will fall like dews On [white]1 silence below. We shall walk in the snow.
R. Thompson sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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Text Authorship:
- by Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1928), "Velvet shoes", appears in Nets to Catch the Wind, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Evan Copley , "Velvet shoes", published 1982 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Velvet shoes", published 1950 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Two Lyrics by Elinor Wylie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise M. Evans , "Velvet shoes", published 1943 [ SSA chorus and piano ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hageman (1881 - 1966), "Velvet shoes", published 1954 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), "Let us walk in the white snow", published 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reginald Chauncey Robbins (1871 - 1955), "Velvet shoes", published 1941 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hale Smith (b. 1925), "Velvet shoes", published 1974 [ medium voice and piano ], from The Valley Wind [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Velvet shoes", 1982 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Katharine Faulkner (Kay) Swift (1897 - 1993), "Velvet Shoes" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984), "Velvet shoes", published 1938, stanzas 1-2,4 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Russell Woollen (1923 - 1994), "Velvet shoes", 1961 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from 3 Madrigals [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sammetschuh", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 97
Wandern im weißen Schnee im lautlosen Raum; gemessenen Schritts und auf Zeh'n, mit der Zeit im Zaum, unter weißem Schleiertraum. Aus Seide mein Schuh, und wollen deiner, weiß wie die Milch der Kuh, schöner und feiner als ein Möwenkleid dazu. In der Stadt gedämpftem Raum, in windstillem Paradies: Schreiten auf weißem Federflaum auf einem silbernen Vlies auf Weicherem noch als dies. Hinaus auf samtenem Schuh: wohin ich auch geh, wie Tau fällt die Ruh auf stillen Schnee - Wandeln im Schnee.
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- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1928), "Velvet shoes", appears in Nets to Catch the Wind, first published 1921
This text was added to the website: 2013-11-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 80