© by Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997)
The fire in leaf and grass
Language: English
The fire in leaf and grass [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997), "Living", appears in The Sorrow Dance, first published 1967, 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 Marjorie M. Rusche , "Living", 1994 [ soprano, clarinet, violin, and cello ], from Songs of Love and Death, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joelle Wallach (b. 1946), "Living" [ chorus, 4 solo voices and chamber orchestra, 2 percussion, piano, strings ], from Toward a Time of Renewal, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "The fire in leaf and grass" [ mezzo-soprano and violoncello ], from Songs newly seen in the dusk [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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