by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
En Espagne, on orne la rue
Language: French (Français)
En Espagne, on orne la rue Avec des loges d'opéra. Quelle est cette belle inconnue? C'est la mort. Don Juan l'aura.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Tombeau de Don Juan", appears in Poésies 1917-1920, in Tombeaux, no. 5, first published 1920 [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 Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Tombeau de Don Juan", 1926 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Tombeaux, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henri Cliquet-Pleyel (1894 - 1963), "De Don Juan", 1923, published 1924 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Tombeaux, no. 3, Édition Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
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Word count: 21