sometimes misattributed to Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925) and by Karl Adolf Florenz (1865 - 1939)
Translation Singable translation by S. Langford
Japanese rain‑song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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From the Marx score, Vienna: Universal Editions, 1940.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by S. Langford
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) misattributed to Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925) and by Karl Adolf Florenz (1865 - 1939), "Endlose Liebe", appears in Dichtergrüsse aus dem Osten, Japanische Dichtungen, Leipzig: C.F. Amelang, page 26, first published 1894 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Man'yōshū - 万葉集, first published 757
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Japanese rain-song", published 1940 [voice and piano or orchestra], Vienna, Universal Edition, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français)
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Madeleine Marchant ENG GER ; composed by Joseph Marx.
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