Under the moon (Cranmer-Byng, set by G. Bantock) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Under the crescent moon's faint glow
The washerman's bat resounds afar,
And the autumn breeze sighs tenderly.
But my heart has gone to the Tartar war,
To bleak Kansuh and the steppes of snow,
Calling my husband back to me.

Authorship

Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872-1945)

A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China

Based on

text

Li-Tai-Po (701-762)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)

Songs from the Chinese Poets: Set I

Date added to the website: 2009-02-26.

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