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Pfeift der Sturm? Keift ein Wurm? Heulen Eulen hoch vom Turm? Nein! Es war des Galgenstrickes dickes Ende, welches ächzte, so als ob im Galopp eine müdgehetzte Mähre nach dem nächsten Brunnen lechzte, (der vielleicht noch ferne wäre).
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Authorship
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Nein!", appears in Galgenlieder [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Nein! ", 2008 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Nein!", from Galgenlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralf Albert Franz (b. 1969), "Nein!", from Galgenlieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931), "Nein", 1996, first performed 1996 [ mezzo-soprano, percussion, and contrabass ], from Galgenlieder à 3 1996/1998, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931), "Nein!", 1996, first performed 1997 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, bayan, percussion, and contrabass ], from Galgenlieder à 5 1996, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Korff , "Nein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Krása (1899 - 1944), "Nein!", op. 1 (Vier Orchesterlieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Strohbach (b. 1929), "Pfeift der Sturm", from 5 Galgenlieder nach Christian Morgenstern, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Nein!", op. 7 no. 3, from Galgenlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Nein!" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , "Nee!", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "No!", copyright © 2005
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "No!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 38
Blows the wind? Nags the worm? Howl Owls High in a tower? No! It is the gallows' rope's thick end, which groans, quite like in a gallop a tiring weariness licks after the next whirling (which is likely still further away).
Authorship
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "No!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Nein!", appears in Galgenlieder
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 41