by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Translation by Jaan Wahl (1888 - 1974)
Pour une fille noire
Language: French (Français) after the English
Là-bas dans le sud, à Dixie
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Note: the text first appeared in the revue Fontaine in "Les Écrivains et poètes des États-Unis d'Amérique", summer 1943.
Text Authorship:
- by Jaan Wahl (1888 - 1974), first published 1943
Based on:
- a text in English by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Song for a Dark Girl", appears in Fine Clothes to the Jew, first published 1927
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ludwig-Wolfgang Simoni , as Louis Saguer, "Pour une fille noire", 1937 [ alto or bass and piano ], from Deux Chansons pour contralto et piano, no. 1
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paridam von dem Knesebeck (c1911 - 2000) , "Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright © and by Eva Hesse (1925 - 2020) , "Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright © ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Luitpold Stern (1886 - 1966) ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
- Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © ; composed by Silvestre Revueltas.
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