by Taigu Ryōkan (1758 - 1831)
Translation © by Geoffrey Bownas (1923 - 2011) and by Anthony Simon Thwaite (1930 - 2021)

The Hare in the Moon
Language: English  after the Japanese (日本語) 
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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 Rhian Samuel (b. 1944), "The Hare in the Moon", subtitle: "Narrative, Threnody and Envoi", 1978, first performed 1978 [ soprano and piano ], Stainer & Bell

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