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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Spitzchen, Spitzchen, tanz' einmal!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Spitzchen, Spitzchen, tanz' einmal!
Was du kannst, das zeige!
Nein, er mag nicht - wenn ich auch
Ihm ein Stückchen geige.
Gigel junk, gigel junk,
Gigel junk, junk, junk.

Halt' ich ihm ein Weckchen vor,
Tanzt er gleich manierlich.
Immer geht die Kunst nach Brot -
Ist das nicht possierlich?
Gigel junk, gigel junk,
Gigel junk, junk, junk.

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Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Die Kunst geht nach Brot", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Franz Behr (1837 - 1898), "Spitzchen, Spitzchen, tanz' einmal" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Die Kunst geht nach Brot", op. 28 no. 5, copyright © 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Sechste Folge, no. 5, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Die Kunst geht nach Brod", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 44 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gottfried Rüdinger (1886 - 1946), "Die Kunst geht nach Brot", op. 59 no. 5, published 1932 [ high voice and piano ], from Gigel junk: 7 Kinderlieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

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