by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591)
Translation © by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The Dark Night of the Soul
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
On a dark night [ ... ]
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- a text in Spanish (Español) by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Galina Grigorjeva (b. 1962), "The Dark Night of the Soul", 2016 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Armand Godoy (1880 - 1964) , first published 1937 ; composed by Gabriel Charpentier.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Maximiliane Brentano, née Maximiliane Euphrosine von La Roche (1756 - 1793) , no title [an adaptation] ; composed by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Melchior, Freiherr von Diepenbrock (1798 - 1853) , "Die dunkle Nacht der Seele" ; composed by Fartein Valen.
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