by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn der Hahn kräht auf dem Dache, Putzt der Mond die Lampe aus, Und die Stern' ziehn von der Wache, Gott behüte Land und Haus!
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), no title, op. 28, Heft 1 no. 9, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ satb quartet, mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil I - Mensch und Natur, no. 9, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wann der Hahn kräht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 5, Berlin, M. Simion, first published 1841
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone dai "Canti del viandante"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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