possibly by Franz Karl Ginzkey (1871 - 1963)
Wie es kam
Language: German (Deutsch)
Er pocht' an manche Herzenstür, und drinnen rief's: Herein! Er bat um einen Bissen Brot; man gab ihm einen Stein. Und so bekam er Stein für Stein; er trug sie heimatwärts und baute sich ein Mauerwerk rings um sein eig'nes Herz.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Franz Karl Ginzkey (1871 - 1963) [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 Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Wie es kam", op. 6 no. 4 (1922), first performed 1924 [ soprano and piano ], from Pyrrhussieg, Liederzyklus für dramatischen Sopran und Klavier, no. 4, note: one catalog attributes the author as 'W. Ginzkey' [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Wie es kam" [ voice and piano ], from 8 Lieder, no. 5, note: the manuscript attributes the author as 'Ginskey' [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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