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Tríptico sobre poesía cubana : para canto y piano

Song Cycle by Modesta Bor (1926 - 1998)

1. Guitarra
 (Sung text)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Tendida en la madrugada
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Text Authorship:

  • by Nicolas Guillén (1902 - 1989), "Guitarra", appears in El son entero: Suma Poetica 1929-1946, Buenos Aires: Editorial Pleamar, first published 1947, copyright ©

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2. Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito
 (Sung text)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Dórmiti, mi nengre,
dórmiti, ningrito.
Caimito y merengue,
merengue y caimito.

Dórmiti, mi nengre,
mi nengre bonito.
¡Diente de merengue,
bemba de caimito!

Cuando tú sea glandi
va a sé bosiador…
Nengre de mi vida,
nengre de mi amor…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Emilio Ballagas (1908 - 1954), "Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito", appears in Cuaderno de poesía negra, La Habana: Santa Clara ; written in an Afro-Cuban dialect or accent, first published 1934

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3. Nocturno en los muelles
 (Sung text)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Bajo la noche tropical, el puerto
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Text Authorship:

  • by Nicolas Guillén (1902 - 1989), "Nocturno en los muelles", copyright ©

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