by Conrad Aiken (1889 - 1973)
Music I heard with you was more than...
Language: English
Music I heard with you was more than music, And bread I broke with you was more than bread; Now that I am without you, all is desolate; All that was once so beautiful is dead. Your hands once touched this table and this silver, And I have seen your fingers hold this glass. These things do not remember you, beloved, And yet your touch upon them will not pass. For it was in my heart that you moved among them, And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes; And in my heart they will remember always, - They knew you once, O beautiful and wise.
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Text Authorship:
- by Conrad Aiken (1889 - 1973), "Discordants", appears in Turns and Moves and Other Tales in Verse, first published 1916 [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 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), "Music I heard with you", published 1977 [ vocal sextet for soprano, alto, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass with orchestra ], from Songfest, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Cory (b. 1920?), "Music I heard with you", published 1969 [ soprano or tenor, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Music I Heard", L. 891 (1961) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Bread and music", 1950 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Elwell (1898 - 1974), "Music I heard with you", published 1946 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Bruce Faith (b. 1926), "Music I heard with you", published 1971 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willard Samuel Fast (b. 1922), "Bread and music", published 1967 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hageman (1881 - 1966), "Music I heard with you", published 1938 [ voice, piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rupert Hughes (1872 - 1956), "Music I heard with you", published 1920 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Three Songs of Love [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Nordoff (1909 - 1977), "Music I heard with you", published 1938 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reginald Chauncey Robbins (1871 - 1955), "Bread and music", published 1941 [ high voice, piano ], from Songs by Reginald C. Robbins [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Houston Spencer (1895 - 1967), "Bread and music", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bryceson Treharne (1879 - 1948), "Music I heard", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Searles Westbrook (1889 - 1967 ), "Music I Heard With You" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard H. Williams , "Music I heard", published 1964 [ TBB chorus and piano ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 107