by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
Play
Language: English
Play, play every day, play and play and play away, and then play the play you played to-day, the play you play every day, play it and play it. Play it and remember it and ask to play it. Play it, and play it and play away. Certainly every one wants you to play, every one wants you to play away, to play every day, to play and play, to play the play you play every day, to play and remember it and ask to play it and play it and to play away and to play every day and to-day and all day. That’s the way to play, to play every day....
Text Authorship:
- by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), "Play", written 1911 [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 Steffen Reinhold (b. 1967), "Play", 2002, first performed 2002 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-27
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