by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Night: Four Songs
Language: English
Night of the two moons And the seventeen stars, Night of the day before yesterday And the day after tomorrow, Night of the four songs unsung: Sorrow! Sorrow! Sorrow! Sorrow!
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Night: Four Songs", appears in Fields of Wonder, in Border Line, no. 2, first published 1947 [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 Serge Hovey (1920 - 1989), "Night: Four Songs", published 1950 [ voice and piano ], from I, Too, Sing America [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Night: Four Songs", op. 24 no. 2, published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Border Line, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 7
Word count: 30