High above, from a jade chamber, songs float half-way to heaven, The palace-girls' gay voices are mingled with the wind -- But now they are still, and you hear a water-clock drip in the Court of the Moon.... They have opened the curtain wide, they are facing the River of Stars.
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "A song of the palace", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Gu Kuang (c725 - c814), "宮詞"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Mennin (1923 - 1983), "A song of the palace", published 1948 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], note: may be incorrect text for this setting [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 50
Från det höga jadegemaket stiger sången halvvägs mot himlen och hovdamernas röster blanda sig med vinden. Men nu tystna de plötsligt och de hör ett vatten som droppar i Mångården. De ha dragit undan draperiet och betrakta Vintergatan.
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Text Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965), appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "A song of the palace", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Gu Kuang (c725 - c814), "宮詞"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hilding Rosenberg (1892 - 1985), "En hovdikt", 1951 [ voice and piano ], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 39