Listen.	
With faint dry sound,	
Like steps of passing ghosts,	
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees	
And fall.

Note: Bottelier's setting begins with the title "November night" sung twice.

Text Authorship:

• by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "November night", appears in Verse, first published 1915 [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 George Antheil (1900 - 1959), "November night", published 1934 [ high voice, piano ], from Five Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "November night" [ voice and accordion ], from Five Cinquains, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Fetler (b. 1920), "November night", published 1957 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marjorie Jones , "November night", published 1971 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Short Solos [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lewis Spratlan (b. 1940), "November night", published 1977 [ soprano and piano ], from Images [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anthony Strilko (b. 1931), "November night", published 1955 [ AATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Cinquains [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ben Brian Weber (1916 - 1979), "November night", op. 15 (Five songs) no. 1 (1941) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-13
Line count: 5
Word count: 19