© by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
This is just to say
Language: English
I have eaten [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), "This is just to say", appears in Collected Poems 1921-1931, first published 1934, 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 Gerald Busby (b. 1935), "This is just to say" [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "This is just to say", copyright © 2008 [ soprano, strings ], from Love's Little Pleasures, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robin Holloway (b. 1943), "This is just to say", op. 32 no. 6 (1977), published 1978 [ tenor and piano ], from This is just to say, no. 6, London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marjorie M. Rusche , "This is just to say", 1994 [ soprano, clarinet, violin, and cello ], from Songs of Love and Death, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-31
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Word count: 28