Artists are the creators

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by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Künstler sind die Schöpfer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Die Künstler sind die Schöpfer,
Ihr Unglück sind die Schröpfer.
Wer trampelt durch den Künstlerbau
Als wie der Ochs von Lerchenau?
Wer stellt das Netz als Jäger?
Wer ist der Geldsackpfleger?
Wer ist der Zankerreger?
Und der Bazillenträger?
Der biedere, der freundliche,
Der treffliche, der edle Verleger.

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Text 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), "Die Künstler sind die Schöpfer", op. 66 no. 10 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les artistes sont les créateurs", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Matthias Fletzberger

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 47

Artists are the creators

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Artists are the creators,
Their misfortune is those who fleece them.
Who tramples through a work of art
Like a bull in a china shop?
Who as a hunter sets up nets?
Who is man who guards the moneybags?
Who incites quarrels?
And [who is] a carrier of bacteria?
The worthy, the friendly,
The splendid, the noble publisher.

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Translator's notes:
Line 4: Literally, "the Ox of Lerchenau." Der Ox von Lerchenau was the original title for Richard Strauss’s Rosenkavalier.
Line 7: The word "Erreger" can mean someone who incites something, but it can also mean "pathogen", which ties in nicely to the next line of the poem.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 58