by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)
Translation © by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961)
Even Twilight Matches original text
Language: English after the French (Français)
Twilight, how gentle you are and how tender! [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Even Twilight", 1983-99, first performed 1999 [ voice and piano ], from Heart of the Stranger, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), copyright © [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le Crépuscule du soir", appears in Le Spleen de Paris -- ou Petits poèmes en prose, no. 22
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