by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation Singable translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952)
Die Frau und die Katze
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français)
Mit der Katze spielt das Frauchen
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Die Frau und die Katze"
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Femme et chatte", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 4. Caprices, no. 1, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Die Frau und die Katze", op. 23 no. 6, published 1925 [medium voice and piano], from Sept Poésies de Paul Verlaine = Sieben Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 6, Leipzig, Milan: Éd. Elite No. 205 Edition D. Rahter (4408), also set in French (Français)
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