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Es wohnet ein Fiedler zu Frankfurt am Main, der kehret von lustiger Zeche heim; und er trat auf den Markt, was schaut er dort? Der schönen Frauen schmausten gar viel' an dem Ort. "Du bucklichter Fiedler, nun fiedle uns auf, wir wollen dir zahlen des Lohnes vollauf! Einen feinen Tanz, behende gegeigt, Walpurgis Nacht wir heuer gefeir't!" Der Geiger strich einen fröhlichen Tanz, die Frauen tanzten den Rosenkranz, und die erste sprach: "mein lieber Sohn, du geigtest so frisch, hab' nun deinen Lohn!" Sie griff ihm behend' unter's Wams sofort, und nahm ihm den Höcker vom Rücken fort: "so gehe nun hin, mein schlanker Gesell, dich nimmt nun jedwede Jungfrau zur Stell'."
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der bucklichte Fiedler", WoO. posth. 37 no. 6 (1859-62) [ SSA chorus ], from 16 Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Fiedler", WoO. posth. 35 no. 4 (1863?4?) [ SATB chorus ], from Deutsche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der bucklichte Fiedler", op. 93a (Sechs Lieder und Romanzen für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 1 (1883?), published 1884 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es wohnet ein Fiedler", WoO. 33 no. 36, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 36, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "There once lived a fiddler in Frankfurt-am-Main", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 112
A Frankfurt del Main vivia un violinista que tornava a casa després d’una alegre festa; arribà al mercat, i què veié allà? Dones boniques festejaven nombroses en aquell lloc. “Tu, violinista geperut, toca per a nosaltres, et pagarem molt bé! Una dansa bonica, tocada amb lleugeresa, avui celebrem la nit de Walpurgis!” El violinista tocà una alegre dansa, les dones ballaren la corona de roses i la primera digué: “Estimat fill meu, has tocat tan bé, aquí tindràs la teva paga!” Tot seguit, fuent el prengué sota la brusa i li arrencà la gepa de l’esquena: “I ara vés-te’n, esvelt fadrí meu, d’ara endavant totes les donzelles correran al teu darrere.”
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Translations of title(s):
"Der bucklichte Fiedler" = "El violinista geperut"
"Der Fiedler" = "El violinista "
"Es wohnet ein Fiedler" = "Viu un violinista"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 111