by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Listening to the monk of Szechuan playing his lute
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
The monk of Szechuan comes down from the mountains with his lute. He plays for me, and the sound is like murmuring pine trees in ravines
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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Larry Sitsky (b. 1974), "Listening to the monk of Szechuan playing his lute", 1974 [ low voice, flute, cello and piano ], from Eight settings after Li-Po, no. 1, Serie: Symphony Australia collection of music scores and parts

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