by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Clavichord
Language: English
Hearken! Tiny, clear, discrete: The listener within deems solely his, A music so remote and sweet It all but lovely as silence is.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Diana Blom , "Clavichord", published 2010, copyright © 1984, first performed 1984 [ high voice and piano ], Wollongong, N.S.W. : Wirripang [sung text not yet checked]
- by Esther Rofe (1904 - 2000), "Clavichord" [ voice and piano ], from Five songs of Walter de la Mare, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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