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In den blanken Kopf Cassanders, Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert, Bohrt Pierrot mit Heuchlermienen, Zärtlich - einen Schädelbohrer! Darauf stopft er mit dem Daumen Seinen echten türkischen Taback In den blanken Kopf Cassanders, Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert! Dann dreht er ein Rohr von Weichsel Hinten in die glatte Glatze Und behäbig schmaucht und pafft er Seinen echten türkischen Taback Aus dem blanken Kopf Cassanders!
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Gemeinheit", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Pierrot cruel", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Gemeinheit!", op. 21 no. 16 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Gemeinheit", 1905?, published 1905 [ low voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 9, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "卑鄙", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Practical joke", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vulgarité", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una canagliata!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Skurkestrek!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 64
Sulla testa calva di Cassandro, il cui urlo fende l'aria invocando aiuto, Pierrot conficca con una smorfia ipocrita lentamente - un trapano da chirurgo! Poi, con il pollice, riempie il foro di genuino tabacco turco sulla testa calva di Cassandro, il cui urlo fende l'aria invocando aiuto! Infine avvita una canna di amarasca dietro quella liscia pelata e fuma e sbuffa pacifico il suo genuino tabacco turco sulla testa calva di Cassandro!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Gemeinheit", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Pierrot cruel", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-02
Line count: 13
Word count: 71