by Tu Fu (712 - 770), as Du Fu
Translation © by David Hinton (b. 1954)
In Its Light
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
Above the tower — a lone, twice-sized moon [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by David Hinton (b. 1954), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770), as Du Fu [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Claire Cope , "In Its Light", first performed 2024 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-12
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