Lied für eine dunkles Mädchen

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by Paridam von dem Knesebeck , copyright ©

a text in English by (James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902-1967) , "Song for a Dark Girl", from Fine Clothes to the Jew, published 1927, copyright ©

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) , "Lied für eine dunkles Mädchen", published 1958 [baritone and piano], from Meine dunklen Hände, no. 4, also set in English

by Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940-) , "Song for a Dark Girl", published 1976 [soprano, piano, and violin], from Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death, no. ?
by Hermann Reutter (1900-1985) , "Song for a Dark Girl", published 1958 [baritone and piano], from Meine dunklen Hände, no. 4, also set in German
by Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) , "Song for a Dark Girl", published 1948. [voice and piano], also set in Spanish

by Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) , "Canto de una muchacha negra", published 1948. [voice and piano], also set in English

by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , "Lied aus Dixieland", op. 20 no. 1 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and orchestra], from Symphonische Gesänge, no. 1.

Date added to the website: 2005-10-12.

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