©  by John Updike (1932 - 2009)
Query
        Language: English 
        
        
        
        
        Pear tree, why blossom? [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by John Updike (1932 - 2009), 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 Paul Salerni (b. 1951), "Query", 2003 [soprano and viola], from  Flora, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
 
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-19 
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Word count: 56