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by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
Translation © by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Canto de una muchacha negra
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the English 
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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in English by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Song for a Dark Girl", appears in Fine Clothes to the Jew, first published 1927
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "Canto de una muchacha negra", 1938, published 1948 [voice and piano], also set in English

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paridam von dem Knesebeck , "Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright © and by Eva Hesse (b. 1925) , "Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright © ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Luitpold Stern (1886 - 1966) , copyright © ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
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