© by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973)
Night covers up the rigid land
Language: English
Night covers up the rigid land [ ... ]
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- by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), appears in Look, Stranger!, first published 1936, 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 Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Night covers up the rigid land", published 1939 [medium voice and piano], London, Winthrop Rogers [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Night covers up the rigid land" [high voice and piano], from Fish in the unruffled lakes : Six Auden Settings for High Voice and Piano, no. 2, note: collected into one publication in 1997 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Chester Duncan (1913 - 2002), "Night covers up the rigid land", 1940 [baritone and piano], from Five songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-22
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Word count: 94