At the cry of the first bird [ ... ]
The crucifixion
Set by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "The crucifixion", op. 29 no. 5 (1953), published 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Hermit songs, no. 5 [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Translations available : FRE SPA
Text Authorship:
- by Howard Mumford Jones (1892 - 1980), appears in The Romanesque Lyric: Studies in its Background and Development from Petronius to the Cambridge Songs 50-1050, first published 1928, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, from The Speckled Book, 12th cent.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La crucifixion", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Sol Crespo) , "La crucifixión", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Ah, sore was the suffering borne [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Howard Mumford Jones (1892 - 1980), no title, appears in The Romanesque Lyric: Studies in its Background and Development from Petronius to the Cambridge Songs 50-1050, first published 1928, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title
Go to the general single-text view
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Sol Crespo) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Author(s): Howard Mumford Jones (1892 - 1980)