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Kuckuck hat sich zu Tode gefallen An einer grünen Weiden, Kuckuck ist tot! Kuckuck ist tot! Wer soll uns jetzt den Sommer lang Die Zeit und Weil vertreiben? Ei, das soll tun Frau Nachtigall, Die sitzt auf grünem Zweige; [Die kleine, feine Nachtigall, Die liebe, süße Nachtigall!]1 Sie singt und springt, ist allzeit froh, Wenn andre Vögel schweigen. Wir warten auf Frau Nachtigall, Die wohnt im grünen Hage, Und wenn der Kukuk zu Ende ist, Dann fängt sie an zu schlagen!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 note in score: "Von [ bis ] kann die Gesangsstimme eventuell nach Bedürfniss des Sängers weggelassen werden." - according to the needs of the singer, this part can be omitted.
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- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 E. Brandmüller , "Ablösung", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Hessenberg (1908 - 1994), "Ablösung im Sommer", op. 15 no. 9, published 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Ablösung im Sommer", c1880-3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Kuckuck hat sich zu Tod gefallen", op. 5 no. 7, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, Heft III, no. 7, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Johann Steffens.
Set in a modified version by Joseph Haas.
Set in a modified version by Johanna von Hahn.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Relève en été", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cambio della guardia in estate", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jakob Kellner
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2019-08-29 18:04:41
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Il cucù è caduto stecchito nel cavo di un salice, il cucù è morto, il cucù è morto! Chi per tutta l'estate ci farà passare il tempo? Ah, lo farà Madama Usignolo, che sta sul ramo verde; lei canta e saltella, è sempre lieta, quando gli altri uccelli tacciono.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Text added to the website: 2007-05-12 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:22
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