© by Aurnaud Wendell Bontemps (1902 - 1973)
Translation © by Paridam von dem Knesebeck (c1911 - 2000) and by Eva Hesse (1925 - 2020)
Schwarzes Mädchen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Trommelt, Regen, Wind [ ... ]
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Confirmed with Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, herausgegeben und übertragen von Eva Hesse und Paridam von dem Knesebeck, München: Nymphenburger Verlag, 1953, page 37.
Text Authorship:
- by Paridam von dem Knesebeck (c1911 - 2000), "Schwarzes Mädchen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Eva Hesse (1925 - 2020), "Schwarzes Mädchen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Aurnaud Wendell Bontemps (1902 - 1973), "Dark girl", copyright ©
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Schwarzes Mädchen", 1957, published 1958 [ baritone and piano ], from Meine dunklen Hände, no. 3, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-30
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Word count: 46