by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)
The little mute boy
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
The little boy was looking for his voice
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Text Authorship:
- by William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "El niño mudo", appears in Canciones, in Trasmundo
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alvin Brehm (b. 1925), "The little mute boy", copyright © 1976 [soprano, string quartet, contrabass, and woodwind quintet], from Cycle of Six Songs, no. 4, Melville, NY : Edward B. Marks / Belwin-Mills
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Félix Gattegno , copyright © ENG ; composed by Francis Poulenc.
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