by Horatius Bonar (1808 - 1889)
In the still air
Language: English
In the still air the music lies unheard; In the rough, marble beauty lies unseen; To wake the music and the beauty needs The master’s touch, the sculptor’s chisel keen.
Authorship:
- by Horatius Bonar (1808 - 1889) [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 David Campbell Dorward (b. 1933), "In the still air", published 2001 [voice, recorder, and piano], from the collection Seven Short Songs for voice, recorder and piano, no. 6, Manchester, Forsyth Publications [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-02
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Word count: 30