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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, Act V, scene 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Tomorrow and Tomorrow", first performed 2024 [ voice, keyboard and piano ], from Time Has Legs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Epilogue", 1946, published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare mit Klavierbegleitung , no. 12, Mainz : Schott, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Gifford (b. 1935), "Walking shadows", 2006 [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "A tale told by an idiot", published 2005 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Shakespeare Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Janet Oates (b. 1970), "I have supped", 2002 [ soprano and harp ], from Three Shakespeare Songs, no. 2
Score: Janet Oates [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Georg Mantey ; composed by Wolfgang Fortner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Domani, e domani, e domani", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Carlo Rusconi) , no title, first published 1858
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 75
Domani, e domani, e domani, Si trascina a piccoli passi, giorno dopo giorno, fino all'estrema sillaba del tempo assegnato; E tutti i nostri ieri non hanno fatto che illuminare a degli stolti La strada verso la morte polverosa. Spegniti, spegniti, breve candela La vita non è altro che un' ombra che cammina, un povero guitto Che si pavoneggia e si agita per la sua ora sulla scena, e del quale poi non si sente più nulla; è un racconto farfugliato da un idiota, pieno di fragore e furore che non significa niente.
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- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, Act V, scene 5
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 92