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In 1895 there were only two cars in the whole state of Ohio. They collided.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Traffic", 2008 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ], from Five True Remarkable Occurrences, no. 3, confirmed with composer's website [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Circulation", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Poom Pipatjarasgit) , "El tráfico", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-19
Line count: 2
Word count: 15
En 1895 il y avait seulement deux voitures dans tout l'état d'Ohio. Elles sont entrées en collision.
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- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2019 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-04
Line count: 2
Word count: 17