© by James Agee (1909 - 1955)
Sleep, child, lie quiet, let be
Language: English
Sleep, child, lie quiet, let be [ ... ]
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- by James Agee (1909 - 1955), "A lullaby", first published 1949?, copyright © [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 Starling Cumberworth (1915 - 1985), "Sleep, child", published 1956 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael M. Horvit (b. 1932), "A Lullaby" [ SAB chorus, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Phillip G. Klein , "A Lullaby" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Moravec (b. 1957), "Lullaby", from Vita Brevis, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Nelson (b. 1929), "A Lullaby", published 1959 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Pasatieri (b. 1945), "Lullaby", published 1974 [ voice and piano ], from Three Poems of James Agee, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Lullaby", 1974 [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dan Welcher (b. 1948), "A lullabye", 1985, first performed 1986 [ tenor, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and violoncello ], from Evening Scenes: Three Poems of James Agee, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-18
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Word count: 104