© by Tracy K. Smith (b. 1972)
It is a painful and harassing business
Language: English
It is a painful and harassing business [ ... ]
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- by Tracy K. Smith (b. 1972), appears in The Great Personal Privation, 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 Jasmine Arielle Barnes (b. 1991), no title, 2021 [ soprano or countertenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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