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© by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)

The purist
Language: English 
I give you now Professor Twist
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Text Authorship:

  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The purist", appears in I'm a Stranger Here Myself, first published 1938, 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 Starling Cumberworth (1915 - 1985), "The purist", published 1972? [ medium voice and piano ], from Two Macabre Whims, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "The Purist", op. 14 no. 3 (1961) [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Six American Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 57

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