Translation © by Jeanne Němcová
Yes, that's the way things are
Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)
In Terezin in the so-called park [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Jeanne Němcová , "Yes, that's the way things are", appears in I Never Saw Another Butterfly, New York, Schocken, first published 1978, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) by Koleba (M. Kosek, H. Löwy, Bachner) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Srul Irving Glick (1934 - 2002), "Yes, that's the way things are", 1968 [ mezzo-soprano (or contralto) and orchestra or piano ], from I never saw another butterfly: a cycle of songs to children's poems from the concentration camp at Terezin 1942-1944 , no. 2, Alberta Keys Music Publishing Co. Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "Yes, that's the way things are", 1996 [ soprano and saxophone ], from I Never Saw Another Butterfly, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2009-06-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 62