Malagueña (García Lorca, set by H. Górecki, E. Rautavaara) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


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.

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¹ omitted by Górecki.

Input by John Versmoren

Authorship

Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-)

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-)

Lorca Sarja (Lorca Suite)

Set in Russian, a translation of A. Geleskul RUS

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Symphony no. 14

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