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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe,
Leidenschaft nicht noch Verstand,
dass ein gutes Deutschland blühe
wie ein andres gutes Land.

Dass die Völker nicht erbleichen
wie vor einer Räuberin,
sondern ihre Hände reichen
uns wie andern Völkern hin.

Und nicht über und nicht unter
andern Völkern woll'n wir sein
von der See bis zu den Alpen,
von der Oder bis zum Rhein.

Und weil wir [dies]1 Land verbessern,
lieben und beschirmen wir's.
Und das Liebste mag's uns scheinen
so wie andern Völkern ihr's.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Schafer 

R. Schafer sets stanzas 1-2, 4

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1 Schafer: "dieses"

Text Authorship:

  • by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Kinderhymne" [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), "Kinderhymne", 1950 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933 - 2021), "Patriotisches Lied", stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlider. Nine Songs for Children, no. 6, Arcana Editions [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2026-10-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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