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© by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

Spring grass, there is a dance to be...
Language: English 
Spring grass, there is a dance to be danced for you
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Text Authorship:

  • by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Spring grass", appears in Good Morning, America, first published 1928, copyright © [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 Elizabeth Alexander , "Spring Grass", 1982 [ high voice and piano ], from A Garret of Old Playthings, no. 4, Seafarer Press [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philip Glass (b. 1937), "Spring grass", published 1964 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard E. Kreutz , "Spring grass", published 1976 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilfrid Howard Mellers (b. 1914), "Spring carries surprises", published 1966 [ TTBB chorus, piano, and percussion ], from Chants and Litanies of Carl Sandburg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "Spring grass" [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

This text was added to the website: 2024-07-12
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