by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Blödem Volke unverständlich
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
Blödem Volke unverständlich treiben wir des Lebens Spiel. Gerade das, was unabwendlich, fruchtet unserm Spott als Ziel. Magst es Kinder-Rache nennen an des Daseins tiefem Ernst; - wirst das Leben besser kennen, wenn du uns verstehen lernst.
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Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Galgenberg", appears in Galgenlieder [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 Dieter Bäumle (1935 - 1981), "Galgenberg", first performed 1973, from Galgenlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Galgenbert", from Galgenlieder, no. 71 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralf Albert Franz (b. 1969), "Galgenberg", from Galgenlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gulda (1930 - 2000), "Galgenberg", 1950/1, first performed 1951 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from 7 Galgenlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Galgenberg", op. 19b (Galgenliederbuch, 2. Folge) no. 1 (1983/96), published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenliederbuch nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 8, München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mont Gibet", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 37