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Jeden Morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen [Gehe ich auf den Markt, wo Lügen gekauft]1 werden. Hoffnungsvoll Reihe ich mich ein [zwischen]2 die Verkäufer.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 848
1 Eisler: "Geh' ich zum Markt, wo Lügen verkauft"2 Eisler: "unter"
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Hollywood" [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Elegie III", from Fünf Elegien, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Jeden Morgen", from Die Hollywood-Elegien, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Jeden Morgen mein Brot zu verdienen", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 23 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933 - 2021), "Hollywood" [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlider. Nine Songs for Children, no. 4, Arcana Editions [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Michael Hamburger (1924 - 2007) , copyright © ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2010, (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: 4
Word count: 25
Every morning, to earn my bread, I go to the market where lies are [purchased]1. Filled with hope, I line up [between]2 the other peddlers.
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Hollywood" = "Hollywood"
"Elegie III" = "Elegy III"
"Jeden morgen" = "Every morning"
"Jeden Morgen mein Brot zu verdienen" = "Every morning, to earn my bread"
2 Eisler: "with"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Hollywood"
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 28