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¿De dónde venís, amore? (1947)

Part of a series or song cycle:

Cuatro madrigales amatorios

¿De dónde venís, amore?

Anon.

¿De dónde venís, amore?

Bien sé yo de dónde.

¿De dónde venís, amigo?

Fuere yo testigo!

¡Ah!

Bien sé yo de dónde.

Where hast thou been, my love?

Spanish Translation © Richard Stokes

Where hast thou been, my love?

I know well where.

Where hast thou been, my friend?

Were I a witness

ah!

I know well where!

Translations by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes published in the The Spanish Song Companion (Gollancz, 1992)

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Composer

Joaquín Rodrigo

Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez, was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist.

Poet

Anon.

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Previously performed at:

(As part of a song cycle/series:)

07 Feb 2020: Oxford Lieder in Birmingham / Lorena Paz Nieto & Anna Tilbrook
18 Oct 2018: Spanish Songs: Lorena Paz Nieto, Marta Fontanals-Simmons & Sholto Kynoch

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