by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
L'absente
Language: French (Français)  after the Arabic (العربية)
Afin d'oublier ma folie, je m'en suis allé dans la montagne . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "L'absente", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 139, Paris, Éd. Piazza
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jacqueline Despas (b. 1893), "L'absente", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes Arabes, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Jobert
- by Walter Morse Rummel (1887 - 1953), "L'Absente", 1912, published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons arabes, no. 2, London, Augener
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