by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721)
Geizhals
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Der Geizhals träget keine Scheu den besten Freund aus heuchelei für einen Thaler zu verdammen. Ich setze kühnlich diss hinzu: ein geiziger und ein Filu stehn nach der treu gepart beisammen.
Authorship:
- by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Geizhals" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "The miser", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Poppy Holden
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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