© by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)
Red river, red river
Language: English
Red river, red river [ ... ]
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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 Virginia Quarterly Review, April 1934 as one of "Words for Music"
Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), "Virginia", 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), "Virginia", op. 1 no. 2 [ soprano and piano ], from Five Eliot Landscapes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Denis ApIvor (1916 - 2004), "Virginia", 1950 [ tenor, flute, clarinet, horn, and string trio ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Violet Balestreri Archer (1913 - 2000), "Virginia", published 1973 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lloyd E. Burritt (b. 1940), "Virginia", 1969 [ soprano, alto, and tape ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jani Christou (1926 - 1970), "Virginia", 1955 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Six T.S.Eliot songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robin Holloway (b. 1943), "Red river", op. 22 no. 5 (1973), copyright © 1978 [ chorus a cappella ], from Five Madrigals, no. 5, [London] : Oxford University Press : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Frederick Paynter (b. 1931), "Virginia", published 1972 [ SATB chorus a cappella or with oboe ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Whitley) Purser (b. 1942), "Virginia", 1963 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Five Landscapes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karol Rathaus (1895 - 1954), "Virginia", published 1959 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gregg Smith (b. 1931), "Virginia", published 1962 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Thomas , "Virginia", published 1957 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Landscapes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Douglas Young (b. 1947), "Virginia" [ tenor and English horn ], from Landscapes and Absences [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 58