Der Tanz auf der Wolke

Als ich zu meiner Jadeflöte sang,
War es dem Menschen wie ei dunkles Haus.
Sie höhnten furchtsam meine Lieder Haus.
Da hob die Flöte ich zu den Unsterblichen.
 
Die Götter tanzten hell auf sanft erglühter Wolke.
Die Menschen, die die Tänzer sahen, wichen Beglückt.
Und Jubel wuchs wie Sterngesträuch im Volke,
Als ich zu meiner Jadeflöte sang.

Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

• by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable] FRE FRE
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Der Tanz auf der Wolke", op. 37 no. 6, published 1931? [
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• by Kurt Brüggemann (1908 - 2002), "Der Tanz auf der Wolke", published 1923, from Die Ferne Flöte, no. 1. [
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Settings in other languages:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , title 1: "Der Tanz der Götter", copyright © CZE FRE by Lise Maria Mayer, Anatol Provaznik.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Heilmann (1859 - 1930) , title unknown FRE by Adolf Schreiber.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Stuart Merrill (1863 - 1915) , title unknown GER FRE by Margaret Ruthven Lang.
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