by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Translation by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973)
Song of the soldier before the inn
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
A drink man, quick! . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), appears in Delos, in Songs from Mutter Courage, first published 1968
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francis John Routh (b. 1927), "Song of the soldier before the inn", 1973 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Three short songs
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