© by Eliot Weinberger (b. 1949)
The stars: what are they? They are...
Language: English
The stars: what are they? They are chunks of ice [ ... ]
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- by Eliot Weinberger (b. 1949), "The Stars", appears in An Elemental Thing, 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 Liza Lim (b. 1966), "Crowd of the dead", first performed 2018 [ voices and instrumental ensemble ], from opera Atlas of the Sky, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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