Why Mira Can’t Go Back to Her Old House

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"Why Mira Can’t Go Back to Her Old House" is a contemporary art song by composer John Harbison, drawn from his "Mirabai Songs" cycle and inspired by the ecstatic devotional poetry of the 16th-century Indian mystic Mirabai.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song
contemporary classical composition
accompaniment piano
associatedWith Mirabai Songs
surface form: Mirabai Songs (John Harbison)
basedOn poetry of Mirabai
composer John Harbison
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cycleTextSource English translations of Mirabai’s poetry
genre art song
vocal music
hasTitleCharacter Mira
inspiredBy ecstatic devotional poetry of Mirabai
intendedFor art song recital repertoire
classically trained singers
language English
movementOf Mirabai Songs
surface form: song cycle Mirabai Songs
originalContext concert performance
partOf Mirabai Songs
period late 20th century
style contemporary classical
subjectMatter mystical love for Krishna
renunciation of worldly life
spiritual devotion
textAuthor Meera Bai
surface form: Mirabai
vocalForces solo voice

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Mirabai Songs hasPart Why Mira Can’t Go Back to Her Old House