by Frederic Rzewski (1938 - 2021)
Samson
Language: English
Samson: He went down to Gaza to get revenge. He lost his wife. He lost his eyes. He lost his life. But— he killed three thousand Philistines! He only wants to do to them what they did to him. Was it such a good deal? Who can say? All the parties are dead and gone. It's someone else now...
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Authorship:
- by Frederic Rzewski (1938 - 2021), written 2014
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frederic Rzewski (1938 - 2021), "Samson", 2014 [ speaking pianist ], from Dear Diary, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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