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Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn Wie Larven sind sie anzusehn. O Schreck, Dahinter sieht man Herrn Friedmann!
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Authorship:
- by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title [author's text not yet checked 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn", op. 66 no. 4 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "J'ai vu trois masques dans le ciel", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Matthias Fletzberger
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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J'ai vu trois masques dans le ciel, À voir il étaient comme des larves, Ô horreur, Derrière on voyait... Monsieur Friedmann !
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-03
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