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Kawaguchi Shôgo Arranged Harmonica Solo Piece (Kawaguchi Shôgo henkyoku dokusô gakufu) No. 7
オオ ドンナ クララ
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Oh Donna Clara (O Donna Kurara)
Kawaguchi Shôgo Arranged Harmonica Solo Piece (Kawaguchi Shôgo henkyoku dokusô gakufu) No. 7
オオ ドンナ クララ
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Composer: Jerzy Petersburski (Polish, 1895 – 1979)
Arranger: Kawaguchi Shôgo (Japanese, 1892 – 1974)
Lyricist: Andrzej Wlast (Polish, 1895 – 1979)
Translator: Hattori Ryūtaro (Japanese, 1900 – 1977)
Publisher: Sinfonii gakufu shuppansha (Japanese)
Composer: Jerzy Petersburski (Polish, 1895 – 1979)
Arranger: Kawaguchi Shôgo (Japanese, 1892 – 1974)
Lyricist: Andrzej Wlast (Polish, 1895 – 1979)
Translator: Hattori Ryūtaro (Japanese, 1900 – 1977)
Publisher: Sinfonii gakufu shuppansha (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
about 1930
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.5 × 18.7 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1154
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
Oh, Donna Clara (Japanese only)
“In the lonely bar, of a Spanish town
I fell in love with, such a comely girl
The sound of ‘castanets,’ a sweet love story
The love song that girl, sang that night
Oh! Donna Clara, when you dance
My heart dances, oh! Donna Clara
Looking at your figure, I lose my mind
Your alluring figure, dancing lightly in the glow
In an instant, I’m in ecstasy
Oh! Donna Clara, when you dance
Oh! Donna Clara, I’m in ecstasy"
Oh, Donna Clara (Japanese only)
“In the lonely bar, of a Spanish town
I fell in love with, such a comely girl
The sound of ‘castanets,’ a sweet love story
The love song that girl, sang that night
Oh! Donna Clara, when you dance
My heart dances, oh! Donna Clara
Looking at your figure, I lose my mind
Your alluring figure, dancing lightly in the glow
In an instant, I’m in ecstasy
Oh! Donna Clara, when you dance
Oh! Donna Clara, I’m in ecstasy"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)