How I adore thee (Hovhaness, set by A. Hovhaness) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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How I adore thee

Language: English


Love, love, when weeping wind* on black rock mountain
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Authorship

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Based on

text

Bliss Carman (1861-1929)

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

Based on

text

Henry Thornton Wharton (1846-1895)

Based on

text

Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE)

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

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Set in English, original text by Bliss Carman (1861-1929) ENG

Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Set in German, a translation of Rudolf Bach [text unavailable]

Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)

Fünf antike Oden nach Gedichten von Sappho

Date added to the website: 2009-10-30.

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