by Yonejirō Noguchi (1875 - 1947)
Song in Air
Language: English
Like a rainbow, All the color, All the music, And all the touch, — She suddenly risesOver the breast of shadow. How the world turns to a song! She is liberation and life, Hers is a nerve-thrill, Not a thought or truth. Mystically she breathes in and out Art (let me call it so): And when she more suddenly falls, What a song-lost world!
Text Authorship:
- by Yonejirō Noguchi (1875 - 1947) [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 Jodi Goble (b. 1974), "Song in Air" [ soprano and piano ], from Song-Lost World, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-09
Line count: 13
Word count: 64