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Translation © by Geoffrey Bownas (1923 - 2011) and by Anthony Simon Thwaite (1930 - 2021)
The drops of pattering rain
Language: English  after the Japanese (日本語)
The drops of pattering rain [ ... ]
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In: Anthony Thwaite (editor), Geoffrey Bownas (Introduction), The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse,1964
Text Authorship:
- by Geoffrey Bownas (1923 - 2011), first published 1964, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Anthony Simon Thwaite (1930 - 2021), first published 1964, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Ketting (b. 1935), "The drops of pattering rain", 1992, copyright © 1994 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Summer Moon, no. 1, Amsterdam: Donemu [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-04
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Word count: 56