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© by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)

O quick quick quick, quick hear the...
Language: English 
O quick quick quick, quick hear the song-sparrow
 [ ... ]

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First published in Two Poems, 1935

Text Authorship:

  • by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), "Cape Ann", appears in Landscapes, first published 1936, 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 Thomas Adès (b. 1971), "Cape Ann", op. 1 no. 5 [ soprano and piano ], from Five Eliot Landscapes, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Denis ApIvor (1916 - 2004), "Cape Ann", 1950 [ tenor, flute, clarinet, horn, and string trio ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Violet Balestreri Archer (1913 - 2000), "Cape Ann", published 1973 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lloyd E. Burritt (b. 1940), "Cape Ann", 1966 [ soprano, alto, and tape ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robin Holloway (b. 1943), "Voices of birds ", op. 22 no. 4 (1973), copyright © 1978 [ chorus a cappella ], from Five Madrigals, no. 4, [London] : Oxford University Press : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Frederick Paynter (b. 1931), "Cape Ann", published 1972 [ SATB chorus a cappella or with oboe ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John (Whitley) Purser (b. 1942), "Cape Ann", 1963 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Five Landscapes, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gregg Smith (b. 1931), "Cape Ann", published 1962 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alan Thomas , "Cape Ann", published 1957 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Douglas Young (b. 1947), "Cape Ann" [ tenor and english horn ], from Landscapes and Absences [sung text not yet checked]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-24
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Word count: 97

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