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Der Ochsenspatz Die Kamelente Der Regenlöwe Die Turtelunke Die Schoßeule Der Walfischvogel Die Quallenwanze Der Gürtelstier Der Pfauenochs Der Werfuchs Die Tagtigall Der Sägeschwan Der Süßwassermops Der Weinpintscher Das Sturmspiel Der Eulenwurm Der Giraffenigel Das Rhinozepony Die Gänseschmalzblume Der Menschenbrotbaum
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Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Neue Bildungen, der Natur vorgeschlagen", first published 1932 [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), "Neue Bildungen", 2011 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinder-lieder für Erwachsene, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Neue Bildungen, der Natur vorgeschlagen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alex Eckert , "Neue Bildungen, der Natur vorgeschlagen" [ chorus ], from Galgenlieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Neue Bildungen, der Natur vorgeschlagen", from Galgenlieder, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "New pictures", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 40
The ox-sparrow, (a rather huge Bull-finch) the camel-duck, (in its feathered oasis bed) the rain-lion, (roars with moistening thunder) the turtle-toad, (has a carcase of fire red) the lap-owl, (must sit to query, "who?") the whale-bird, (beware when overhead) the jellyfish-bug, (not welcome in a jam) the belt-bull, (horned buckles to dread) the pheasant-ox, (with a pluming idiot's tail) the were-fox, (wolfs down a quadruped) the day-ingale, (sings of the morning star) the saw-swan, (snores at the river bed) the fresh-water-pug, (not a salty dog) the wine-pinscher, (a Sober-man's not bred) the storm-game, (lightning strikes out again) the owl-worm, (over "who" we might tread) the giraffe-hedgehog, (a long-necked stick in the mud) the rhinocer-pony, (horning in a rancher's shed) the goose-fat-flower, (strange at any hour) the human-bread-tree (makes a poet well fed) New pictures for a dunderhead!
Text Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "New pictures", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Neue Bildungen, der Natur vorgeschlagen", first published 1932
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 21
Word count: 137