by Václav Hanka (1791 - 1861)
Žežulice
Language: Czech (Čeština)
V širém poli dúbec stojí, na dúbci žezhulice zakukáše, zaplakáše, že nenie vezdy jaro. Kak by zrálo žitko v poli, by vesdy jaro bylo? Kak by zrálo jablko v sadě, by vezdy léto bylo? Kak by mrzly klasi v stoze, by vezdy jeseň byla? Kak by děvě tĕško bylo by vezdy sama byla?
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Note: from the Rukopis královédvorský, or the Dvůr Králové Manuscript, claimed by Hanka to be a 13th-century manuscript he had discovered but regarded by modern scholars as an elaborate forgery by him.
Text Authorship:
- by Václav Hanka (1791 - 1861), "Žežulice", first published 1818 [author's text not yet checked 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 Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Žežulice", op. 7 no. 3, B. 30 no. 3, published 1872, from Písně z rukopisu Královédvorského, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Žežulice", H. 205 (1875), published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
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