by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)
Gubbinal
Language: English
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That strange flower, the sun, Is just what you say. Have it your way. The world is ugly, And the people are sad. That tuft of jungle feathers, That animal eye, Is just what you say. That savage of fire, That seed, Have it your way. The world is ugly, And the people are sad
Text Authorship:
- by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955), "Gubbinal", appears in Harmonium [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 Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "Gubbinal", op. 39 no. 2, published 1983, from O Florida, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robin Holloway (b. 1943), "Gubbinal", op. 15 no. ? (1971) [ high voice and piano ], from Banal Sojourn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Gubbinal", op. 50 no. ?, published 1959 [ soprano and piano ], from Harmonium [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 55