Canción del jinete | Córdoba. Lejana y sola

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Córdoba. Lejana y sola

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER IRI

Córdoba. Lejana y sola. 
Jaca negra, luna grande,
y aceitunas en mi alforja.
Aunque sepa los caminos
yo nunca llegaré a Córdoba. 
Por el llano, por el viento,
jaca negra, luna roja.
La muerte me está mirando
desde las torres de Córdoba. 
¡Ay qué camino tan largo!
¡Ay mi jaca valerosa!
¡Ay, que la muerte me espera,
antes de llegar a Córdoba! 
Córdoba. Lejana y sola.

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• G. Crumb

G. Crumb sets lines 8-9

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Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción del jinete", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas [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 Suzanne Baron Supervielle (1910 - 2004), "Canción del jinete", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Nueve canciones de Federico García Lorca, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "La muerte me está mirando", published 1969, lines 8-9 [ soprano, flute (piccolo and alto flute), harp, contrabass, and percussion ], from Madrigals, Book IV, no. 3, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
by Will Harmer , "Canción de Jinete" [ countertenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Manuel Oltra i Ferrer (1922 - 2015), "Canción del jinete" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Tres Andaluzas, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - 2016), "Canción del jinete", published 2000 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Lorca Sarja (Lorca Suite), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "¡Ay qué camino tan largo!", 1956, published 2002 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ], from Homage à Garcia Lorca, no. 2, Furore Verlag; revised 1993 [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974) , copyright © ; composed by Wilhelm Killmayer.
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Researcher for this page: Hein Calis

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 66