© by Kathleen Raine (1908 - 2003)
The world
Language: English
It burns in the void [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Kathleen Raine (1908 - 2003), "The world", appears in The Pythoness, first published 1949, copyright © [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 Christopher S. Gallaher (b. 1940), "The world", 1971 [alto, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, and flute], from Three Fragments [text not verified]
- by Udo Kasemets (1919 - 2014), "The world", 1954 [soprano, strings, and piano], from Poetic Suite [text not verified]
- by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "The world", published 1997 [soprano and string quartet], Chester Music Ltd [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-06
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