It’s True, I Went to the Market
E409786
"It’s True, I Went to the Market" is one of the songs in John Harbison’s vocal cycle *Mirabai Songs*, setting the ecstatic, devotional poetry of the 16th-century Indian mystic Mirabai to contemporary classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It’s True, I Went to the Market canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art song
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classical vocal work ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
John Harbison
ⓘ
Mirabai Songs ⓘ
surface form:
Mirabai Songs (vocal cycle)
|
| basedOn | poetry of Mirabai ⓘ |
| composer | John Harbison ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cyclePosition | song in the cycle Mirabai Songs ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCreator | John Harbison ⓘ |
| hasPoeticSource |
Meera Bai
ⓘ
surface form:
Mirabai
|
| inspiredBy | 16th-century Indian devotional tradition ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Meera Bai
ⓘ
surface form:
Mirabai
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| musicalStyle | modernist tonal language ⓘ |
| originalMedium | concert performance ⓘ |
| partOf | Mirabai Songs ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Harbison vocal cycles ⓘ |
| period | late 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| subject | devotional relationship to Krishna ⓘ |
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| textSourceType | translated devotional poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
ecstatic devotion
ⓘ
mystical love ⓘ |
| vocalType | voice and ensemble ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.