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Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht, Nimm vor den Füchsen dich in Acht. Denn solche Brüder Reinecke, Die fressen dir das Deinige!1
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Strauss adds "Die Brüder Reinecke!" after some repetitions of "das Deinige"
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), "Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht", op. 66 no. 5 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique", 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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Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique, Prends garde aux renards, Car ces frères goupils Mangent ce qui est à toi !
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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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- 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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