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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Auf den Tod eines Affen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Da liegt er nun, der kleine liebe Pavian,
Der uns so Manches nachgethan!
Ich wette, was er jetzt gethan,
Thun wir ihm Alle nach, dem lieben Pavian.

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•   H. Gál 

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Confirmed with Epigramme, Xenien, Distichen, Gnomen deutscher Dichter aus dem sechzehnten Jahrhundert bis auf die Gegenwart. Eine epigrammatische Sammlung mit biographischen Notizen, herausgegeben von Herrmann Josef Landau, Prag, Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1888, page 80.


Text Authorship:

  • by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Auf den Tod eines Affen", appears in Sinngedichte, no. 55 [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):

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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
  • by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Grabschrift", op. 27 no. 5 (1926), published 1927, first performed 1927 [ 4/8-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Epigramme: Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, no. 5, N. Simrock, Berlin
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  • by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Grabschrift", 1931 [ baritone and piano ], from Liedercyklus, no. 13, unpublished; confirmed with a CD booklet
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 28

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