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Before Time Could Change Us single work   lyric/song  
  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Before Time Could Change Us
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Before Time Could Change Us' is a cycle of love songs, with texts by Dorothy Porter, tracking the mysterious shifts and changes of a relationship.

Notes

  • The title 'Before Time Could Change Us' is a line from the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy.

Production Details

  • World premiere, as part of the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, by Katie Noonan and the Paul Grabowsky Trio with Scott Tinker in concert performing this jazz song cycle, 24 July 2003 at Brisbane City Hall.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2003
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Love Poems Dorothy Porter , Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2010 Z1728537 2010 selected work poetry 'Dorothy Porter writes about love, sex, heartbreak and desire like no one else. Love Poems collects her most powerful love poetry: portraits of longing and infatuation, of bliss, passion, uncertainty and devotion. It includes extracts from her award-winning and best-selling verse novels, as well as poems and lyrics spanning her whole career.' (From the publisher's website.) Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2010 pg. 129-130
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Works about this Work

Porter Delivers the Dramatic Goods Jason Steger , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 August 2005; (p. 6)
Review Ben Eltham , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 July 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Before Time Could Change Us Dorothy Porter , 2003 single work lyric/song
World First For Festival Emma Chalmers , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 July 2003; (p. 17)
Power & Passion Rodney Chester , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 May 2003; (p. 5)
Review Ben Eltham , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 July 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Before Time Could Change Us Dorothy Porter , 2003 single work lyric/song
Power & Passion Rodney Chester , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 May 2003; (p. 5)
World First For Festival Emma Chalmers , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 July 2003; (p. 17)
Porter Delivers the Dramatic Goods Jason Steger , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 August 2005; (p. 6)
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