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Barber, Samuel
1910-1981
(b West Chester, PA, 9 March 1910; d New York, 23 Jan 1981). American
The Lovers, op.43 <1971>
solo baritone chorus
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Source of text: Pablo Neruda: "20 Poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada" (translated by W. S. Merwin as “Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair”). Language: English
I. Body of a woman (baritone)
II. Lithe girl, brown girl (men's chorus, women's
voices)
III. In the hot depth of this summer (women's voices)
IV. Close your eyes (chorus)
V. The Fortunate Isles (chorus with incidental soprano
solo)
VI. Sometimes (baritone)
VII. We have lost even this twilight (chorus)
VIII. Tonight I can write (baritone)
IX. Cemetery of kisses (chorus)
II. Lithe girl, brown girl (men's chorus, women's
voices)
III. In the hot depth of this summer (women's voices)
IV. Close your eyes (chorus)
V. The Fortunate Isles (chorus with incidental soprano
solo)
VI. Sometimes (baritone)
VII. We have lost even this twilight (chorus)
VIII. Tonight I can write (baritone)
IX. Cemetery of kisses (chorus)
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Contents—I. Body of a woman (baritone); II. Lithe girl, brown girl (men’s chorus, women’s voices); III. In the hot depth of this summer (women’s voices); IV. Close your eyes (chorus); V. The Fortunate Isles (chorus with incidental soprano solo); VI. Sometimes (baritone); VII. We have lost even this twilight (chorus); VIII. Tonight I can write (baritone); IX. Cemetery of kisses (chorus)
Contents—I. Body of a woman (baritone); II. Lithe girl, brown girl (men’s chorus, women’s voices); III. In the hot depth of this summer (women’s voices); IV. Close your eyes (chorus); V. The Fortunate Isles (chorus with incidental soprano solo); VI. Sometimes (baritone); VII. We have lost even this twilight (chorus); VIII. Tonight I can write (baritone); IX. Cemetery of kisses (chorus)