Songs
I. Teil - 15. Zwei Spazierstücke (Authentisch-Plagal)
by György Kurtág From Kafka Fragments (1986)
Text & Translation
I. Teil - 15. Zwei Spazierstücke (Authentisch-Plagal)
German source:
Franz Kafka
Part I. - 15. Two walking-sticks (Authentic-plagal)
I. Teil - 15. Zwei Spazierstücke (Authentisch-Plagal)
German source:
Franz Kafka
Part I. - 15. Two walking-sticks (Authentic-plagal)
Auf Balzacs Spazierstockgriff: Ich breche all Hindernisse. Auf meinem: Mich brechen alle Hindernisse. Gemeinsam ist das »alle.«
On the stock of Balzac’s walking-stick: “I surmount all obstacles.” On mine: “All obstacles surmount me.” They have that “all” in common.
Composer
György Kurtág
György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania. In 1946, he began his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend. His piano teacher at the…