© by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)
Sin is Behovely, but
Language: English
Sin is Behovely, but [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), appears in Four Quartets, in 4. Little Gidding, copyright © 1943 [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 Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 - 2025), no title, 1987 [ soprano and string octet ], from Hommage à T. S. Eliot, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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