These be
three silent things:
The falling snow . . . the hour
Before the dawn . . . the mouth of one
Just dead.

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

Text Authorship:

• by Adelaide Crapsey (1878 - 1914), "Triad", 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), "Triad", published 1934, from Five Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "Triad" [ voice and accordion ], from Five Cinquains, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Three silent things", 1984, first performed 1984 [ voice and piano trio ], from Three Silent Things, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marjorie Jones , "Triad", published 1971 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Short Solos [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anthony Strilko (b. 1931), "Triad", published 1955 [ AATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Cinquains [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ben Brian Weber (1916 - 1979), "Triad", op. 15 (Five songs) no. 3 (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: 25