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[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!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Schoeck: "Wenn"
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- by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wann der Hahn kräht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 5 [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 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 verified ]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Lied aus "Wanderlieder"", op. 28, Heft 1 no. 10 [soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and chorus], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil I - Mensch und Natur, no. 10. [ sung text verified 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 verified ]
- 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 verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone dai "Canti del viandante"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website: 2004-04-02 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:04
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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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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wann der Hahn kräht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 5
Text added to the website: 2009-09-01 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:20
Line count: 4
Word count: 30