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by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
Translation by Karl Friedrich Hensler (1761 - 1825)

Ein Schauspiel ist die Welt
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Ein Schauspiel ist die Welt;
Es handeln auf der Bühne
In Socken, im Cothurn, mit tragisch-kom'scher Miene,
Der Fürst, der Bischof und der Held.

Uns Pöbel hat man für sein Geld
Zum Schauen ins Parterr gestellt:
Und schlägeln dann die Herren auf der Bühne,
So [pfeifen]1 wir  --  für unser Geld. 

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Kraus 

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Confirmed with Taschenbuch für Dichter und Dichterfreunde, achte Abtheilung, ed. by Christian Heinrich Schmid, Leipzig: in der Dykischen Buchhandlung, 1778, page 59.

1 Kraus: "machen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Friedrich Hensler (1761 - 1825), "Die Welt", subtitle: "Nach Rousseau" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "Die Welt nach Rousseau", VB 76 (1783) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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