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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)

Sollen wir die Nachteule mit einem Kanon...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
    Shall we rouse the night-owl in a catch, that
    will draw three souls out of one weaver ?
           --Shakespeare - Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3

Sollen wir die Nachteule mit einem Kanon aufstören, der einem
Leineweber drei Seelen aus dem Leibe haspeln könnte ?1

Das ist die Not der schweren Zeit!
Das ist die schwere Zeit der Not!
Das ist die schwere Not der Zeit!
Das ist die Zeit der schweren Not!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Lachner 

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1 Lachner adds: "Wohlan! Fang an!"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), "Kanon" [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 Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Canon von Chamisso", op. 108 (3 Quartetten für 4 Frauenstimmen) no. 3 [ vocal quartet for female voices ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Lorenz Lehmann (1807 - 1852), "Canon", op. 25 no. 2, published 1835 [ vocal quartet ], from Heitere Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Heft 1, no. 2, Berlin, Bechtold und Hartje [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Kanon", op. 187 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6, published 1886 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 72

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