© by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
The serpent
Language: English
There was a Serpent who had to sing [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), "The serpent", appears in Words for the Wind: The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke, first published 1958, 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 William Bolcom (b. 1938), "The serpent", 1975, published 1976, first performed 1975 [ tenor or soprano and orchestra (or voice and 2 pianos) ], from Open House, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "The serpent", 1979, from Songs for Leontyne, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Welch Imbrie (1921 - 2007), "The serpent", published 1970 [ SAB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gail Thompson Kubik (1914 - 1984), "The serpent", published 1975 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fables in Song [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "The serpent", published 1974 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 174