Intimations of Mortality

Song Collection

Intimations of Mortality is a song cycle by Simon Sargon setting the poetry of Theodore Roethke, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Date: 2000Composer: Simon SargonText: Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, Walt Whitman

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Song List

1. Song |Text: Theodore Roethke
2. Come Lovely and Soothing Death | Text: Walt Whitman
3. I Died for Beauty | Text: Emily Dickinson
4. Crossing the Bar | Text: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sheet music for Mr. Sargon’s songs is available directly through the composer by contacting the following address: [email protected].

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