Mirabai Songs
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Mirabai Songs is a song cycle by American composer John Harbison that sets English translations of devotional poetry by the 16th-century Indian mystic poet Mirabai.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
song cycle
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| basedOn |
English translations of Mirabai’s devotional poetry
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poetry of Mirabai → |
| centuryOfComposition |
20th century
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| composer |
John Harbison
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| composerNationality |
American
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| dedicatedTo |
Mirabai (as spiritual subject)
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| genre |
classical music
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contemporary classical music → |
| hasArrangement |
voice and chamber ensemble
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voice and orchestra → |
| hasCategory |
Classical song cycles in English
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Musical settings of poems → Song cycles by John Harbison → Works based on Indian literature → |
| hasPart |
All I Was Doing Was Breathing
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Don’t Go, Don’t Go → It’s True, I Went to the Market → The Clouds → Where Did You Go? → Why Mira Can’t Go Back to Her Old House → |
| hasTitleLanguage |
English
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| inspiredBy |
Bhakti tradition
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| language |
English
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| movementCount |
6
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| originalInstrumentation |
voice and piano
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| style |
lyrical
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modernist → |
| subject |
Mirabai
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| textAuthor |
Mirabai
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| textLanguage |
English translation from original Hindi/Rajasthani
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| textSource |
devotional poetry
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| theme |
devotion to Krishna
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mysticism → spiritual love → |
| usesPoeticForm |
free verse (in translation)
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| workType |
vocal music
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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John Harbison
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