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Text Authorship:

• by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Epigramme, Sprüche und ähnliche lyrische Formen, no. 440 [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 Wilfried Hiller , "Kanon", from Morgenstern-Liederbuch [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Canon", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
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