© by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
The germ
Language: English
A mighty creature is the germ [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The germ", appears in The Primrose Path, first published 1935, 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 Vernon Duke (1903 - 1969), "The germ", published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo [sung text not yet checked]
- by Timothy Hoekman , "The Germ", 1995, published 1999 [ counter-tenor or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from The Nash Menagerie, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 44