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Richard Kountz
1896 - 1950
United States of America, PA
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| R. Kountz |
Richard Kountz (08/07/1896 - 14/10/1950), an American composer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died in New York City, New York, USA.
Under the wide and starry sky (Requiem)
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1949 |
| Musical form: | song |
| Text/libretto: | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) |
"Under the wide and starry sky" (requiem), published 1949 for unaccompanied voice or TTBB chorus a cappella.
The text of "Requiem" by Stevenson:
Requiem
Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Requiem
Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
| R.L. Stevenson (text) |