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Der Mensch lebt und bestehet

By James Simon

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (voice pf)
year
1935
location of manuscript
Marian Anderson Collection, University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections

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Words by Matthias Claudius

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About James Simon

(09/29/1880 - ?)
James Simon

James Simon was a highly intelligent and accomplished pianist, composer and musicologist. He studied philosophy, loved poetry and felt at home with the great German musical tradition. Music was his life. So much so, that his son would call him ‘other worldly’. He continued to compose until the very end.

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