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by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929)

In der Sonnengasse zu St. Goar
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
In der Sonnengasse zu St. Goar,
Da [kämmt sich die]1 Resi ihr schwarzes Haar,
Sie lacht in den Spiegel verstohlenen Blicks,
Silbern über ihrem [Bett]2 hängt ein Cruzifix,
Ihr Pantöffelchen klappert, ihr Schnürleib kracht:
  Heute Nacht! Heute Nacht!

In der Sonnengasse zu St. Goar,
Da wohnt [ihr schrägüber]3 ein junger Scholar,
Der pfropft sich in den Schädel lauter dummes Zeug,
Schwarz auf seinem [Pulte]4 liegt der Pentateuch,
Da streift ihn die [Sonne und sein]5 Leder kracht:
  Heute Nacht! Heute Nacht!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Bungert •   A. Zemlinsky 

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Confirmed with Arno Holz, Buch der Zeit: Lieder eines Modernen, Zweite, vermehrte Auflage, Berlin, F. Fontane & Co., 1892, page 454.

Note: "St." stands for "Sankt" and is usually written out as an entire word in setting scores. Goar is a village on the Rhine.

1 Bungert: "kämmt die"
2 Zemlinsky: "Bette"
3 Bungert: "schräg über ihr"
4 Zemlinsky: "Pulte"
5 Bungert: "Sonne, das"

Text Authorship:

  • by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "In der Sonnengasse...", appears in Berliner Schnitzel [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 (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "In der Sonnengasse zu Sanct Goar", op. 49 no. 25, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Volkslieder nach alten und neuen Gedichte und Handwerker-Lieder, no. 25, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sándor Jemnitz (1890 - 1963), "In der Sonnengasse", op. 15 (Elf Lieder) no. 11, published 1922 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "In der Sonnengasse", 1901, from Zwei Brettl-lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la ruelle du soleil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Donderwinkel , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

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