© by Michael Armstrong (1923 - 2000)
Holding the night
Language: English
Holding the night in the palm of my hand [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Michael Armstrong (1923 - 2000), 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 Alwyn (1905 - 1985), "Holding the night", 1978, from Invocations, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977), "Holding the Night" [voice and piano], from Four Night Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 51