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
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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]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 33