Deux Chansons pour contralto et piano

by Ludwig-Wolfgang Simoni , as Louis Saguer

1. Pour une fille noire

Language: French (Français)

Là-bas dans le sud, à Dixie
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Text Authorship:

by Jaan Wahl (1888 - 1974), first published 1943

Based on:

a text in English by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Song for a Dark Girl", appears in Fine Clothes to the Jew, first published 1927
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Note: the text first appeared in the revue Fontaine in "Les Écrivains et poètes des États-Unis d'Amérique", summer 1943.

2. Nostalgy‑blues

Language: French (Français)

Le pont de chemin de fer/ Est un chant triste dans l'air
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Text Authorship:

by Jaan Wahl (1888 - 1974)

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a text in English by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Homesick blues", appears in Fine Clothes to the Jew, first published 1927
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Note: the text first appeared in the revue Fontaine in "Les Écrivains et poètes des États-Unis d'Amérique", summer 1943.

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