by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)
Wir Vögel singen nicht egal
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wir Vögel singen nicht egal; Der singet laut; der andre leise, Kauz nicht wie ich, ich nicht wie Nachtigall, Ein jeder hat so seine Weise.
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Confirmed with Matthias Claudius Werke, Erster Band, Vierte Auflage, Hamburg: bey Friedrich Perthes, 1829, page 5
Authorship:
- by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Kuckuck" [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Kuckuck", op. 52 no. 8 (1937) [voice and piano], from Wandsbecker Liederbuch: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Matthias Claudius, no. 8, Wien: Universal Edition [text verified 1 time]
- by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Kukuk", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft V, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Cuckoo", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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