The dark hills (Robinson, set by Samuel Hans Adler, Leslie R. Bassett, Keith Warren Bissell, Wilson Coker, Emma Lou Diemer, John Woods Duke, Paul Amadeus Pisk, John Russell, Louise Souther, Ralph R. Travis, Wintter Watts) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935)

The dark hills

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

Dark hills at evening in the west,
Where sunset hovers like a sound
Of golden horns that sang to rest
Old bones of warriors under ground,
Far now from all the bannered ways
Where flash the legions of the sun,
You fade--as if the last of days
Were fading, and all wars were done.

Authorship

by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935), "The dark hills", appears in The Three Taverns, first published 1920 [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 Samuel Hans Adler (b. 1928), "The dark hills", published 1968 [SSAA chorus and piano], from In Nature's Ebb and Flow [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Leslie R. Bassett (b. 1923), "The dark hills", 1953, published c1957, first performed 1953 [high voice and piano], from Four Songs, no. 3, NY : American Composers Alliance [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Keith Warren Bissell (b. 1912), "The dark hills", published 1958. [SATB chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wilson Coker (b. 1928), "The dark hills", published 1966. [SATB chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "The dark hills", 1949. [high voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The dark hills", 1966 [medium voice and piano], SOuthern/Texas [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893 - 1990), "The dark hills", published 1946. [SSA chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by John Russell , "The dark hills" [satb chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Louise Souther , "The dark hills", published 1937. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ralph R. Travis , "The dark hills", published 1936. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Wintter Watts (1884 - 1962), "The dark hills", published 1924 [low voice and piano], from Three Songs for Low Voice [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Text added to the website: 2008-06-01 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:43
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