by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Canción cantada
Language: Spanish (Español)
En el gris, el pájaro Griffón se vestía de gris. Y la niña Kikirikí perdía su blancor y forma allí. Para entrar en el gris me pinté de gris. ¡Y cómo relumbraba en el gris!
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción cantada", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para niños, first published 1921-4 [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 Bruce Christian Bennett (b. 1968), "Canción cantada", 1988 [ soprano, clarinet, guitar, harpsichord, five-string viola (or violin or viola), violoncello ], from Five Spanish Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alicia Terzián (b. 1934), "Canción cantada", 1956 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Canciones para niños, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , "The Sung Song", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson chantée", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 35