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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Doppelflöten, Hörner, Geigen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Doppelflöten, Hörner, Geigen
Spielen auf zum Götzenreigen,
Und es tanzen Jakobs Töchter
Um das Goldne Kalb herum -
Brum - brum - brum -
Paukenschläge und Gelächter!

Hochgeschürzt bis zu den Lenden
Und sich fassend an den Händen,
Jungfraun edelster Geschlechter
Kreisen wie ein Wirbelwind
Um das Rind -
Paukenschläge und Gelächter!

Aaron selbst wird fortgezogen
Von des Tanzes Wahnsinnwogen,
Und er selbst, der Glaubenswächter,
Tanzt im Hohenpriesterrock,
Wie ein Bock -
Paukenschläge und Gelächter!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Das goldene Kalb", appears in Romanzero, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Historien, no. 12 [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 Karl Oskar Alwin (1891 - 1945), "Doppelflöten, Hörner, Geigen" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Das goldene Kalb", op. 60 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1914 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Das goldne Kalb", 1923, published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from 2 orientaliska fantasier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Janot S. Roskin (1848 - 1907), "Das goldne Kalb", op. 10 (Jüdische Lieder) no. 3, published 1918 [ voice, piano, and violin ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bogumil Zepler (1858 - 1919), "Das goldne Kalb: aus der Sammlung: Leo Winz" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 69

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