Canzone dai "Canti del viandante" | Quando sul tetto inizia a cantare il gallo

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Wann der Hahn kräht auf dem Dache

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ITA

[Wann]¹ der Hahn kräht auf dem Dache,
Putzt der Mond die Lampe aus,
Und die Stern' ziehn von der Wache,
Gott behüte Land und Haus!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Pfitzner • O. Schoeck

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin. Verlegt von M. Simion. 1841, page 34; and with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 280, as no. 5 of Wandersprüche.

¹ Pfitzner and Schoeck: "Wenn"

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wann der Hahn kräht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 5, Berlin, M. Simion, first published 1841 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Wann der Hahn kräht", 1995, first performed 1997 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from ...wie in Welschland lau und blau... : Acht Chorlieder für Männerchor a cappella, no. 3, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Wann der Hahn kräht auf dem Dache", op. 28, Heft 1 no. 9, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ satb quartet, mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil I - Mensch und Natur, no. 9, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Intermezzo", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1852) [ duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Wenn der Hahn kräht auf dem Dache", op. 42 no. 5 (1928) [ voice, piano, clarinet, horn, percussion ], from Wandersprüche: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 5, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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Canzone dai "Canti del viandante"

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Quando sul tetto inizia a cantare il gallo,
smorza allora la luna il suo lampione,
tutte le stelle smontano di guardia,
di Dio scenda su casa e campi la protezione!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wann der Hahn kräht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 5, Berlin, M. Simion, first published 1841
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 30