by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Wettstreit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Der Kuckuck und der Esel, Die hatten großen Streit, Wer wohl am besten sänge Zur schönen Maienzeit. Der Kuckuck sprach: "Das kann ich!" Und hub gleich an zu schrein. "Ich aber kann es besser!" Fiel gleich der Esel ein. Das klang so schön und lieblich, So schön von fern und nah; Sie sangen alle beide: Kuku kuku, ia!
Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wettstreit", appears in Kinderlieder [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Wettstreit", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Wettstreit", op. 83 (Sechs Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 4, published 1847, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Wettstreit", op. 30 no. 15, published 1867, in Praktischer Unterricht im Chorgesange, in Schul-Lieder-Anhang, Nordsingen: C. H. Beck'schen Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The contest", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
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