Note: the following quotation is associated with the piece:

The odd sound. What a mercy to have that to turn to. Now and then. 
In dark and silence to close as if to light the eyes and hear a sound. 
Some object moving from its place to its last place. 
Some soft thing sofdy stirring soon to stir no more. 
To darkness visible to close the eyes and hear if only that. 
Some soft thing softly stirring soon to stir no more.
— Samuel Beckett, from Company

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

• by Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967), "albescere", subtitle: "albescent [ael'bes(e)nt]/ adj. growing or shading into white. (L albescere albescent - f. albus white)", 2001 [ 5 voices and instrumental ensemble ], Henry Litolff’s Verlag GmbH & Co. KG;

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