Songs

III. Teil - 2. Der Coitus als Bestrafung (Canticulum Mariæ Magdalanæ)

by György Kurtág From Kafka Fragments (1986)

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Text & Translation

III. Teil - 2. Der Coitus als Bestrafung (Canticulum Mariæ Magdalanæ)
German source: Franz Kafka

Der Coitus als Bestrafung des Glückes des Beisammenseins.

Part III. - 2. Coitus as punishment (Canticulum Mariæ Magdalanæ)

Coitus as punishment of the happiness of being together.

III. Teil - 2. Der Coitus als Bestrafung (Canticulum Mariæ Magdalanæ)
German source: Franz Kafka

Part III. - 2. Coitus as punishment (Canticulum Mariæ Magdalanæ)

Der Coitus als Bestrafung des Glückes des Beisammenseins.
Coitus as punishment of the happiness of being together.

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…

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