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Kuckuck hat sich zu Tode gefallen An einer grünen Weiden, Kuckuck ist tot! Kuckuck ist tot! Wer soll uns jetzt den Sommer lang Die Zeit und Weil vertreiben? Ei, das soll tun Frau Nachtigall, Die sitzt auf grünem Zweige; Die kleine, feine Nachtigall, Die liebe, süße Nachtigall! Sie singt und springt, ist allzeit froh, Wenn andre Vögel schweigen. Wir warten auf Frau Nachtigall, Die wohnt im grünen Hage, Und wenn der Kukuk zu Ende ist, Dann fängt sie an zu schlagen!
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Note for stanza 2, lines 3 and 4 (from the Mahler score): "Von [ bis ] kann die Gesangsstimme eventuell nach Bedürfniss des Sängers weggelassen werden." - according to the needs of the singer, this part can be omitted.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text not yet checked 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 E. Brandmüller , "Ablösung", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Hessenberg (1908 - 1994), "Ablösung im Sommer", op. 15 no. 9, published 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Ablösung im Sommer", c1880-3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Moritz (1891 - 1974), "Der Kukuk", op. 32 (Zwei Duette aus „Des Knaben Wunderhorn“) no. 1 [ vocal duet for coloratura soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Kuckuck hat sich zu Tod gefallen", op. 5 no. 7, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, Heft III, no. 7, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Bernhard Ernst Scholz, Johann Steffens.
Set in a modified version by Joseph Haas.
Set in a modified version by Johanna von Hahn.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Relève en été", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cambio della guardia in estate", copyright © 2007, (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.
Line count: 15
Word count: 81
The cuckoo has fallen to its death On a green willow, The cuckoo is dead! The cuckoo is dead! Who should then the summer long Help us pass the time? Oh, that should be Mrs. Nightingale! She sits on a green branch! The small, fine nightingale, The lovely, sweet nightingale! She sings and springs, is always joyous, When other birds are silent! We await Mrs. Nightingale, Who lives in a green glen, And when the cuckoo call is at its end, Then does she begin to sing!
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Translation of title "Ablösung im Sommer" = "Change in summer"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 87