by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Man with a flute
Language: English
There was an Old Man with a flute, A sarpint ran into his boot; But he played day and night, Till the sarpint took flight, And avoided that man with a flute.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861 [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 (Herbert) Kelsey Jones (b. 1922), "There was an Old Man with a flute", published 1961 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Nonsense Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theron Kirk (1919 - 1999), "The man, the flute, the serpent", published 1976 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elis Pehkonen (b. 1942), "There was an Old Man with a flute", published 1972 [ speakers, piano, flute, gong, clarinet, trumpet, and drums ], from Three Limericks [sung text not yet checked]
- by Goffredo Petrassi (1904 - 2003), "There was an Old Man with a flute", published 1953 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Nonsense, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Carlo Izzo ; composed by Goffredo Petrassi.
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-05
Line count: 5
Word count: 32