by Renée Annie Cassian (b. 1924), as Nina Cassian
Translation © by Dana Gioia (b. 1950)
Orchestra
Language: English after the Romanian (Română)
Climbing the scales three octaves at a time [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Dana Gioia (b. 1950), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Romanian (Română) by Renée Annie Cassian (b. 1924), as Nina Cassian [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 Paul Salerni (b. 1951), "Orchestra", 1993 [ soprano, viola, piano, and mallet percussion (vibraphone/marimba) ], from Speaking of Love, no. 2, note: also arranged in 2009 for soprano, flute, and guitar [sung text checked 1 time]
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