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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Das Mondschaf sagt sich selbst gut Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das Mondschaf sagt sich selbst gut Nacht,
d. h., es wurde überdacht
von seinem eigenen Denker:
Der übergibt dies alles sich
mit einem kurzen Federstrich
als seinem eigenen Henker.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das Mondschaf" [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 Maria de Alvear , "Das Mondschaf", 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Morgenstern-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gerhard Dorda (b. 1932), "Das Mondschaf", from Vier Galgenlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Lukoschek (b. 1945), "Das Mondschaf" [ mezzo-soprano and women's chorus ], from Galgenlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Das Mondschaf sagt sich selbst", op. 19b (Galgenliederbuch, 2. Folge) no. 6 (1995), published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenliederbuch nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 13, München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Das Mondschaf", op. 8 no. 6 (1930-1) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 29

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