by Hélène Cixous (b. 1937)
Angel of Wounds and Blessings
Language: French (Français)
Or/ange – En – je Messagère Etre – ange je ne te lâcherai point que tu ne m’aies béni quand tu m’auras béni je te lâcherai Travail sur la distance, la proximité Lâcher – Perdre -Bénédiction La lutte de Jacob avec l’ange étreindre l’etrange – Blessure marque Transformer l’abandon de – en benediction
In: Hélène Cixous, The Writing Notebooks, ed. & transl. Susan Sellers, New York : Continuum, 2004, p.109
Text Authorship:
- by Hélène Cixous (b. 1937), appears in The Writing Notebooks [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 Liza Lim (b. 1966), "Angel of Wounds and Blessings", 2011 [ coloratura soprano, soprano, mezzo-soprano and bass-baritone ], from 3 Angels + an enigma, no. 2, Ricordi Munich [sung text not yet checked]
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