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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos
 (Sung text for setting by G. Crumb)
 See original
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
 ... 
Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos, 
era un arcángel de frío.

Note: the text above is taken from lines 15-16 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos", published 1969, lines 15-16 [ soprano, flute (piccolo and alto flute), harp, contrabass, and percussion ], from Madrigals, Book IV, no. 2, New York, Peters

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela del niño muerto", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 5

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 124

Your body, with the violet shadow of my hands
 (Sung text translation for setting by G. Crumb)
 See original
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
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 ... 
Your body, with the violet shadow of my hands,
Was, dead on the shoreline, an archangel of cold.

Note: the text above is taken from lines 15-16 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2023 by Michael P Rosewall, (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.


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  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela del niño muerto", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 114

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