by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Dust
Language: English
A fine dry powder of tiny particles of waste matter or earth. A film of dust like a membrane, covering or layering the body or thing, on the groud, On surfaces or carried in the air. The dust of the earth, a place of burial. Dust within a room, mostly of dead skin: a powder of mortal remains.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967), "Dust", 2018-2020 [ soprano and electronics ], from The Mouth, no. 3, Henry Litolff’s Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
Score: The Mouth (2020) (for soprano solo and electronic playback) [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-22
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