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Der Coitus als Bestrafung des Glückes des Beisammenseins.
Authorship:
- by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) [author's text not yet checked 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 György Kurtág (b. 1926), "Der Coitus als Bestrafung", op. 24 no. 3b (1985-6) [ soprano and violin ], from Kafka-Fragmente, no. 3b [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Sex as Punishment", subtitle: "Song of Mary Magdalen", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le coït est une punition", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
Line count: 1
Word count: 8
Sex as punishment for thrill of getting together.
Subtitle: "Song of Mary Magdalen"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 1
Word count: 8