La muerte entra y sale de la taberna. Pasan caballos negros y gente siniestra por los hondos caminos de la guitarra. Y hay un olor a sal y a sangre [de hembra]1, en los nardos febriles de la marina. La muerte entra y sale y sale y entra la muerte de la taberna.
G. Crumb sets lines 1-3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Malagueña", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Tres ciudades, no. 1, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Julián Bautista (1901 - 1961), "Malagueña" [ voice and piano ], from Tres cuidades, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "La muerte entra y sale de la taberna", published 1965, lines 1-3 [ soprano, alto flute, and percussion ], from Madrigals, Book II, no. 2, New York, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Malagueña", 2009, from The Ghosts of Alhambra, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - 2016), "Malagueña", published 2000 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Lorca Sarja (Lorca Suite), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Malagueña", op. 135 no. 2, from Symphony no. 14, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974) , "Malagueña", appears in Drei Städte, no. 1, copyright © ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Mikołaj Bieszczadowski (1923 - 2017) , copyright © ; composed by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anatoly Mikhailovich Geleskul (1934 - 2011) , copyright © ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "Malagueña", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Malagueña", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974), "Malagueña", appears in Drei Städte, no. 1, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Malagueña", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Tres ciudades, no. 1, first published 1921
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Drei Städte", 1953 [ 2 medium voices and orchestra ], from Spanischer Totentanz, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Mikołaj Bieszczadowski (1923 - 2017) , copyright © ; composed by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anatoly Mikhailovich Geleskul (1934 - 2011) , copyright © ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-30
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