by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721)
Altertum des Geschlechts
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Kann man das Vorzugsrecht blos von vielen Ahnen hoffen, und reicht das Altertum die meiste würde dar, so steht das grösste Glück den dummsten Tieren offen, weil dieser ihr Geschlecht schon vor dem Menschen war.
Authorship:
- by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721) [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 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Altertum des Geschlechts" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "Antiquity of the race", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Poppy Holden
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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