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The following is an alphabetical list of works of art, mainly musical, that are often called by a non-English name in an English context. (Of course, many such titles are simply the names of people: Don Quixote, Irma la Douce, Madame Bovary, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande. These have been omitted, as have examples where the English may easily be inferred: Symphonie Fantastique, Les Liaisons dangereuses.)

Aberystwyth Mon Amour, novel by Malcolm Pryce, after Hiroshima Mon Amour, below.

À la recherche du temps perdu (French, "In Search of Lost Time"), novel by Marcel Proust.

Barcarolle: Une Nuit à Lisbonne (French, "Barcarolle: A Night in Lisbon"), symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saens.

Così Fan Tutte (Italian, "That’s What They [feminine] All Do"), opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Das Kapital (German, "Capital"), treatise by Karl Marx.

Das Klagende Lied (German, "The Lamentation"), cantata by Gustav Mahler.

Das Lied von der Erde (German, "The Song of the Earth", Symphony for One Tenor and One Alto, or Baritone, Voice and Orchestra (after Hans Bethge's 'The Chinese Flute'), by Gustav Mahler.

Déjeuner sur l'herbe (French, "Lunch on the Grass"), painting by Edouard Manet.

Der Freischütz (German, "The Freeshooter/The Marksman"), opera by Carl Maria von Weber.