by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
I am Rose my eyes are blue
Language: English
I am Rose my eyes are blue. I am Rose who are you? I am Rose and when I sing I am Rose like anything.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), no title, appears in The World Is Round, in There, first published 1939 [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 David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "I am Rose", published 1973 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "I am Rose", from Echo's songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "I am Rose", published 1963 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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