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"Tapetenblume bin ich fein, kehr' wieder ohne Ende, doch statt im Mai'n und Mondenschein, auf jeder der vier Wände. Du siehst mich nimmerdar genung, so weit du blickst im Stübchen, und folgst du mir per Rösselsprung - wirst du verrückt, mein Liebchen."
H. Eisler sets stanza 1
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Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Tapetenblume" [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), "Tapetenblume", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Zehn Morgenstern-lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Tapetenblume", op. 51b (Vier Galgenlieder (Four Gallows Songs)) no. 2 (1960), first performed 1961 [ 3 speakers and speaking (mixed) chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Tapetenblume", op. 22, Heft 1 (Chorduette nach Gedichten aus "Palma Kunkel" von Christian Morgenstern) no. 3 (1928) [ men's chorus and trumpet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Couplet von der Tapetenblume", op. 5 no. 5 (1924), stanza 1 [ speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and violoncello ], from Palmström, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Tapetenblume", from Galgenlieder, no. 33 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Korff , "Tapetenblumen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sebastian Peschko (1909 - 1987), "Tapetenblume", from Lieder nach Gedichten von Chr. Morgenstern, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Schuster (1910 - 1980), "Tapetenblume", 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenlieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Wallpaper flowers", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kukkanen tapetissa", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 41
"I am a flower on the wallpaper's face, And repeat from here to there; While standing midst the birch leaves' green On all the walls, a bloom so fair. And yet you do not see me well enough, While sitting with me above, But gaze as if I were but some puzzle's fluff -- Have you gone mad, my love?"
Text Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Wallpaper flowers", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (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), "Tapetenblume"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 59