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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris : H. Piazza, 1919, p.136

Text Authorship:

• by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "L'absente", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 139, Paris, Éd. Piazza [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Jean Artiguères , "L'Absente", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Daoulah, no. 2, Paris : H. Maquaire [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jacqueline Despas (b. 1893), "L'absente", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes Arabes, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
• by Walter Morse Rummel (1887 - 1953), "L'Absente", 1912, published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons arabes, no. 2, London, Augener [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vincenzo Tommasini (1878 - 1950), "L'absente", 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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