© by Stephen Spender (1909 - 1995)
I think continually of those who were...
Language: English
I think continually of those who were truly great [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.First published in Listener, November 1931
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Spender (1909 - 1995), "I think of those", copyright © [author's text not yet checked 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 William Ferris (1937 - 2000), "Corridors of Light", subtitle: "The Truly Great", 1994 [ baritone, oboe, piano, percussion and string orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Pierre Herman Joubert (1927 - 2019), "I think of those", published 1968 [ baritone and orchestra ], from The Choir Invisible [sung text not yet checked]
- by Malcolm Leonard Lawson (b. 1849), "I think continually of those who were truly great", 1966 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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