The low beating of the tom-toms, The slow beating of the tom-toms, Low... slow Slow... low - Stirs your blood. Dance! A night-veiled girl Whirls softly into a Circle of light. Whirls softly... slowly, Like a wisp of smoke around the fire - And the tom-toms beat, And the tom-toms beat, And the low beating of the tom-toms Stirs your blood.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Danse Africaine", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926 [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 Clarence Muse (1889 - 1979) and by Connie Bemis , "African Dance", published 1939 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Wesley Work, III (1901 - 1967), "Danse Africaine", published 1951 [ soprano, SATB chorus, piano, and percussion ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Wesley Work, III (1901 - 1967), "Danse Africaine", published 1955 [ tenor, TTBB chorus, piano, and percussion ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Luitpold Stern (1886 - 1966) ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 59
Grollen die Tomtoms, Rollen die Tomtoms, Grollen, Rollen, Wecken dein Blut. Tanz! Nachtumhülltes Mädchen Dreht sich leis Im Lichterkreis, Rauchwölkchen um das Feuer Dreht sich leis im Lichterkreis. Und die Tomtoms rollen, Und die Tomtoms grollen, Rollen, grollen, Wecken dein Blut.
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Text Authorship:
- by Josef Luitpold Stern (1886 - 1966), as Josef Luitpold [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Danse Africaine", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Afrikanischer Tanz", op. 27 (Twelve songs: for soprano and piano) no. 9 (1937/8), published c1978 [ soprano and piano ], Hillsdale, N.Y. : Mobart Music Publications, [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Afrikanischer Tanz", op. 20 no. 6 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and orchestra ], from Symphonische Gesänge, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 41