by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
El Silencio
Language: Spanish (Español)
Oye, hijo mío, el silencio. Es un silencio ondulado, un silencio, donde resbalan valles y ecos y que inclina las frentes hacia el suelo.
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "El silencio", written 1920, appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Poema de la siguiriya gitana , no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Raphaël Lucas (b. 1984), "El Silencio", first performed 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from Six Songs on a selection of poems by Federico Garcia-Lorca, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alex Taylor , "El Silencio", first performed 2020 [ tenor, cello, percussion ], from Poema de La Siguiriya Gitana, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 24