© by György Ligeti (1923 - 2006) and by Michael Kurt Johannes Alf Meschke (b. 1931)
Translation Singable translation by Geoffrey David Skelton (1916 - 1998)
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
GEPOPO Psst! Shsht! Co... cocoding zero! Ah! Cococoding Zero, Zero: highest security grade! Zero, Zero! Birds on the wing! Double-you see! Snakes in the grass! Rabble, rabble, rabble! Riot, riot! Unlawful assemblies! Communal insurrection! Mutinous masses! Turbulence! Panic! Panic Groundless! Groundless! Phobia! Wide of the mark! Right off the track! Hypopochondria! Rsh! GO GO What did you say? GEPOPO Rsh! March! March target! Direction! Prince! Your palace! March target royal palace! Palace! Password: Go-Go-lash! Demonstrations, hah! Protest actions, ha! Provocations, ha! Pst! Pst! Much discretion! Close observation! Take precautions! That's all. Pst! Pst! Not a squeak! Confidential!
Composition:
- Set to music by György Ligeti (1923 - 2006), no title, 1974-1977 [ soprano and orchestra ], from opera Le Grand Macabre, revised 1996, also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Geoffrey David Skelton (1916 - 1998)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by György Ligeti (1923 - 2006), copyright © [text unavailable] and by Michael Kurt Johannes Alf Meschke (b. 1931), copyright © [text unavailable]
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