Teeming with life 
in the Coral Sea
off the coast of Queensland
in North-East Australia,
the Great Barrier Reef— 
the world's largest structure 
made by living organisms—
can be seen from space.

text from the public record, adapted by the composer

Text Authorship:

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Gilda Lyons (b. 1975), "Great Barrier Reef", first performed 2015 [ soprano, tenor, and baritone ] [sung text not yet checked]

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