by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
La tierra estaba
Language: Spanish (Español)
La tierra estaba amarilla. Orillo, orillo, pastorcillo. Ni luna blanca ni estrella lucían. Orillo, orillo, pastorcillo. Vendimiadora morena corta el llanto de la viña. Orillo, orillo, pastorcillo.
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), no title, appears in Primeras canciones, in Cuatro baladas amarillas, no. 2, first published 1922 [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 Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999), "Balada amarilla" [ high voice and piano ], from Cuatro canciones de García Lorca, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Virtú Maragno (1928 - 2004), "La tierra estaba amarilla", 1952 [ high voice and piano ], from Baladas amarillas (Cuatro poemas de García Lorca), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974) , no title, copyright © ; composed by Günter Bialas.
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