by Walter Learned (1847 - 1915)
Her lips were so near
Language: English
Her lips were so near That -- what else could I do? You'll be angry, I fear. But her lips were so near-- Well, I can't make it clear, Or explain it to you. But -- her lips were so near That -- what else could I do?
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter Learned (1847 - 1915), "In explanation" [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 Caia Aarup (1868 - 1928), "In explanation", 1892 [ voice and piano ], New York, Herbert Wilber Greene [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "An explanation" [ voice and piano ], Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "An Explanation", published 1914, copyright © 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lucy Hamilton Paine , "In explanation", <<1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by D. de Maratray ; composed by Lucy Hamilton Paine.
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 45