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by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)

stinging/ gold swarms
Language: English 
stinging
gold swarms
upon the spires
silver

           chants the litanies the
great bells are ringing with rose
the lewd fat bells
                            and a tall

wind
is dragging
the
sea

with

dream

-S

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Text Authorship:

  • by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 6. Impressions, first published 1923 [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 Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "stinging/ gold swarms", 1960, published 1961 [ high female voice, harp, and 2 percussionists ], from Circles, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "stinging/ gold swarms", 1960, published 1961 [ high female voice, harp, and 2 percussionists ], from Circles, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ellen Mandel , "stinging gold" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ann L. Silsbee (b. 1930), "Diffraction", 1975 [ SATB chorus, soprano, flute, piano, and 2 percussionists ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lewis Spratlan (b. 1940), "stinging/ gold swarms", published 1977 [ soprano and piano ], from Images [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Chinary Ung (b. 1942), "stinging/ gold swarms", published 1975 [ soprano, flute, oboe, guitar, and violoncello ], from Tall Wind [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 32

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