An meiner Wand hängt ein japanisches Holzwerk, Maske eines bösen Dämons, bemalt mit Goldlack. Mitfühlend sehe ich Die geschwollenen Stirnadern, andeutend Wie anstrengend es ist, böse zu sein.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933 - 2021), "Die Maske des Bösen" [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlider. Nine Songs for Children, no. 3, Arcana Editions
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Die Maske des Bösen"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The mask of the evil one", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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