by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The fog comes
Language: English
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The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
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Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Fog", appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Fog", 1931 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David M. Epstein (1930 - 2002), "Fog", published 1962 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Scenes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ray Green (b. 1908), "Fog", published 1934 [ soprano and piano ], from New Music 7(3) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roy Harris (1898 - 1979), "Fog", published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000), "Fog", published 1965 [ voice ], vocal line with words in Making Music Your Own [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hoyt Irwin , "Fog", published 1939 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Holon Matthews (b. 1904), "Fog", published 1952 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Two Sandburg Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Gifford Nash , "Fog", published 1945 [ ssa chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sam Raphling (b. 1910), "Fog", published 1952 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poems by Carl Sandburg, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Schwartz (1907 - 1999), "Fog", published 1958 [ ssa chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by T. Somervell, Lady , "Fog", published 1957 [ satb chorus and piano ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise P. Stone , "Fog", published 1940 [ ssaa chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise P. Stone , "Fog", published 1942 [ SSATBarB chorus or TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), "Fog (a soft shoe)", 2018/2022, copyright © 2023 [ alto and piano ], from The Great Lakes, no. 5c, E.C.Schirmer
Score: ECS Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Alfred Czach (1904 - 1967) ; composed by Bernhard Rövenstrunck.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Boris Blacher.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 21
Nebel
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
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Nebel kommen auf Katzenfüßen, sitzen, starren auf Stadt und Hafen, sitzen und schweigen und wehen davon.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Fog", appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Boris Blacher (1903 - 1975), "Nebel", 1951 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 16