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Text Authorship:

• by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924), no title [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):

• by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Müßiggang", op. 169 no. 6 (1959) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Motetten nach Worten von Franz Kafka für gemischten Chor a cappella, no. 6, Bärenreiter [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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