by Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) ‑ The Year...
Language: English
The birds seem to delight in the first fine days of the fall in the warm hazy light (robbins, bluebirds. In families on the almost bare elms, phoebes and probably purple finches). Now the year itself begins to ripe, ripened by the frost like a persimmon.
Text Authorship:
- by Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), from "Journal". [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 John Milton Cage (1912 - 1992), "Solo for Voice 49 (relevant) - The Year Begins To Be Ripe", 1970, from Songbooks [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 47