by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)
Translation © by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961)
To a Street Person
Language: English after the French (Français)
Pale woman with auburn hair [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), copyright © [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "À une mendiante rousse", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 2. Tableaux parisiens, no. 88, appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 65, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "To a Street Person", first performed 2021 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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