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by Alexandre de Lacharme, Père (1695 - 1767)
Translation by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Das Ahnenfest
 (Sung text for setting by B. Sekles)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latin 
Die blinden Tonspielkundigen
Sind in des Kaisers Hallen,
Die blinden Wohllautmundigen
Singen mit Wohlgefallen.

Am Prachtmusikgestell Ye-Kiù,
Wo bunte Federn prangen,
Die Instrumente Tao, Tschu, Yù
Und King sind aufgehangen.

Die Pauken tönen groß und klein,
Die Trommeln und Tamburen,
Und Flöt' und Pfeife hauchen d'rein,
Und Rohre auf den Fluren.

Die Ahnen lauschen froh dem Schall,
Das Volk lobt uns're Feste,
Und bis zum Ende bleiben all'
Uns die vergnügten Gäste.

Composition:

    Set to music by Bernhard Sekles (1872 - 1934), "Das Ahnenfest", op. 15 no. 17, published 1907 [ high voice and piano ], from Aus dem Schi-King, no. 17, Leipzig, D. Rahter

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Ahnenfest-Musik"

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Alexandre de Lacharme, Père (1695 - 1767), appears in Confucii Chi-King sive Liber Carminum [text unavailable]
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Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Shi Jing (or Schi-King) - Classic of Poetry - Book of Songs -- Book of Odes -- Chinesische Liederbuch [text unavailable]
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