© by Joseph Brodsky (1940 - 1996)
The Butterfly
Language: Russian (Русский)
Should I say that you’re dead? [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Brodsky (1940 - 1996), appears in The Butterfly, first published 1973, copyright © [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 Galina Grigorjeva (b. 1962), "The Butterfly", 2008 [ mixed chorus ], from Nature Morte, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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