by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)
Song of the barren orange tree
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
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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), "Canción del naranjo seco", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para terminar, first published 1921-4
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), "Song of the barren orange tree", copyright © 1976 [soprano, string quartet, contrabass, and woodwind quintet], from Cycle of Six Songs, no. 6, Melville, NY : Edward B. Marks / Belwin-Mills
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Félix Gattegno ; composed by Francis Poulenc.
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