by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Mückentanz
Language: German (Deutsch)
Dideldum! Summ summ summ! Das ist zum Entzücken! Wie tanzen die Mücken, Die schnellen Gesellen So leise im Kreise, So wohlig, so munter Hinauf und herunter! Dideldum! Dideldum! Summ summ! Immer herum, Dideldum! Immer herum, Summ summ!
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Mückentanz", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Mückentanz", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 64 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Frey (1872 - 1946), "Mückentanz", op. 58 no. 3, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Vier lustige Liedlein für unsere Kleinen. Gedichte von verscheidenen Dichtern, no. 3, Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
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