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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Vor der weißgetünchten Wand
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
[Vor]1 der weißgetünchten Wand
Steht der schwarze [Soldatenkoffer]2 mit den Manuskripten.
[Darauf liegt das Rauchzeug mit den kupfernen Aschenbechern.]3
Die chinesische Leinwand, zeigend den Zweifler
Hängt darüber. Auch die Masken sind da, und neben der Bettstelle
Steht der kleine sechslampige Lautsprecher.
In der [Früh]4
Drehe ich den Schalter um und höre
Die Siegesmeldungen meiner Feinde.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Eisler 

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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), pages 818-819

1 Eisler: "An"
2 Eisler: "Koffer"
3 Eisler: "Drüben steht das Rauchzeug mit dem kupf'rnen Aschenbecher "
4 Eisler: "Frühe"

Text Authorship:

  • by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Steffinische Sammlung, in 1940, no. 7 [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Hotelzimmer 1942", 1942, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 59

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