I sing to use the waiting (Dickinson, set by (Donald Bohlen, Gordon Getty, Juliana Hall)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

I sing to use the waiting

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

I sing to use the waiting, 
My bonnet but to tie, 
And shut the door unto my house; 
No more to do have I, 
  
Till, his best step approaching,
We journey to the day, 
And tell each other how we sang 
To keep the dark away.

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Authorship

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Donald Bohlen (b. 1934), "I sing to use the waiting", 1997 [ soprano, clarinet, and piano ], from Five Movements: Songs and Doubles, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "I sing to use the waiting" [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "I sing to use the waiting " [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer, no. 32, second setting [sung text checked 1 time]
by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "I sing to use the waiting", 1999, first performed 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from Paradise - 7 songs for Soprano and Piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Ton van der Steenhoven

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 46