by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Tierra seca
Language: Spanish (Español)
Tierra seca, tierra quieta de noches inmensas. (Viento en el olivar, viento en la sierra.) Tierra vieja del candil y la pena. Tierra de las hondas cisternas. Tierra de la muerte sin ojos y las flechas. (Viento por los caminos. Brisa en las alamedas.)
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Tierra seca", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Poema de la soleá, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Marcelo Morel (1928 - 1983), "Tierra", 1959 [ high voice and piano ], from Canciones de soledad, no. 3, note: this may be the wrong text for this setting [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974) , copyright © ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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