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by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Translation by Jaan Wahl (1888 - 1974)

Nostalgy‑blues
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Le pont de chemin de fer/ Est un chant triste dans l'air
 . . . . . . . . . .

— The rest of this text is not
currently in the database but will be
added as soon as we obtain it. —

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)

Based on:

  • a text in English by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Homesick blues", appears in Fine Clothes to the Jew, first published 1927
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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 Ludwig-Wolfgang Simoni , as Louis Saguer, "Nostalgy-blues", 1937 [ contralto or bass and piano ], from Deux Chansons pour contralto et piano, no. 2

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