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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

De maaier zingt een zomerliedtje
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
De maaier zingt een zomerliedtje
en snijdt, het staal in d'handen,
alwaar hij 't dikste kooren ziet,
en dweers [deur]1 't zonnebranden;
hij kapt, hij kerft, hij zwikt, hij zwaait,
al schuifelen in het ronde,
hij pakt, hij pikt, hij dringt, hij draait
het sperkelend graan ten gronde:
en 's [navonds]2 [late]3, als 't westen gloeit,
hij heft zijn hoofd omhooge,
en 't slagveld, maar dat zonder bloed,
verheugt zijn dankende ooge.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   T. Smit Sibinga •   A. Stordiau 

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Spelling changes used by Stordiau: zomerliedtje -> zomerliedje ; kooren -> koornen ; ooge -> oogen

1 Stordiau: "in"
2 Smit Sibinga: "avonds"
3 omitted by Stordiau

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1859 [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 Peter Noël Cabus (1923 - 2000), "De maaier zingt een zomerliedtje", 1962 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by P. Cohn , "De maaier" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Masséus (1913 - 1999), "De maaier zingt een zomerliedtje", op. 26 [ vocal duet with piano four-hands and percussion ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arthur Meulemans (1884 - 1966), "De maaier zingt een zomerliedje", 1964 [ reciter and string orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "De maaier" [ women's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theo Smit Sibinga (1899 - 1958), "De maaier zingt " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Steegmans (b. 1957), "De maaier " [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. Stordiau , "De maaier zingt een zomerliedje ", 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anthon Van der Horst (1899 - 1965), "De maaier zingt " [ voice and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Renaat Veremans (1894 - 1969), "De maaier", 1956 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 76

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