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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Es tanzt ein Butzemann
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es tanzt ein Butzemann
In unserm Haus herum di dum,
Er rüttelt sich, er schüttelt sich,
Er wirft sein Säckchen hinter sich,
Es tanzt ein Butzemann
In unseren Haus herum.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Martin Frey (1872 - 1946), "Der Butzemann", Möseler-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Butzemann", 1995-2003, first performed 2003 [ high voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, no. 14, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Buzemann", op. 3 no. 7, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn". Zwölf kleine Lieder für Jung und Alt für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Graz, Pechel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Butzemann", op. 68 no. 12, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft II, no. 12, Berlin, Guttentag [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 31

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