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Der Kuckuck hat ein einzig Lied [Auf]1 seinen Schatz erdacht, Das wird er nicht zu singen müd Von früh bis in die Nacht. Sein [Schätzlein]2 sitzt auf grünem Zweig Hört unermüdlich zu3, Und denkt, es singt im ganzen Reich Doch Keiner wie mein Kucku4.
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View text without footnotes1 Schrecker: "Für"
2 Schreker: "Schätzelein"
3 Hering adds "Kuckuck! Kuckuck! Kuckuck! Kuckuck! Kuckuck!"
4 Hering adds "Kuckuck!".
Text Authorship:
- by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Die Liebe als Recensentin" [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 Franz Dannehl (1870 - 1947), "Die Liebe als Recensentin", op. 19 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singtimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hering (1856 - 1943), "Die Liebe als Rezensentin", op. 20 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Verlag von Ries & Erler [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Frau Kukuk", op. 123 (8 Gesänge für 3 weibliche Stimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1867 [ SSA chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Die Liebe als Recensentin", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878 - 1934), "Die Liebe als Recensentin", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 (189-?) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Wagner (1816 - 1894), "Die Liebe als Recensentin", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Die Liebe als Recensentin (Kuckucksliedchen)", op. 8 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love as a Critic", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 50
The cuckoo has thought out a unique song For his sweetheart! He never grows tired of singing it From early [in the morning] until well into the night! His sweetheart sits on a green branch, Listens to him without growing tired, And thinks: There is no one in the whole kingdom who can sing like my cuckoo!
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Die Liebe als Recensentin"
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 57