by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It Is Very Still
Language: English
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It is very still in the world now — Thronged only with Music, like the Decks of Birds — and the Seasons take their hushed places like figures in a Dream —
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Ingrid Stölzel (b. 1971), "It Is Very Still", 2016, copyright © 2016 [ soprano, flute, oboe and piano ], from The Gorgeous Nothings, no. 5, Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-24
Line count: 9
Word count: 32