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Kroklokwafzi? Semememi! Seiokrontro - prafriplo: Bifzi, bafzi; hulalemi; quasti basti bo ... Lalu lalu lalu lalu la! Hontraruru miromente zasku zes rü rü? Entepente, leiolente klekwapufzi lü? Lalu lalu lalu lalu la! Simarar kos malzipempu silzuzankunkrei (;)! Marjomar dos: Quempu Lempu Siri Suri Sei ( )! Lalu lalu lalu lalu la!
Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das große Lalula" [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 Dieter Bäumle (1935 - 1981), "Das große Lalula", first performed 1973 [ chorus and chamber orchestra ], from Galgenlieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Das große Lalula", op. 51a (Drei Galgenlieder) no. 3 (1959), first performed 1960 [ baritone, 2 speakers and men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Das große Lalula", op. 51b (Vier Galgenlieder (Four Gallows Songs)) no. 1 (1960), first performed 1961 [ 3 reciters and mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard de Boer (b. 1957), "Das große Lalula", op. 13 no. 3 [ baritone, chorus, orchestra ], from Neue Galgenlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Dorda (b. 1932), "Das große Lalula", from Vier Galgenlieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Das große Lalulä", from Galgenlieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Das große Lalula", op. 129 no. 8 (2011) [ contralto, alto saxophone, and piano ], from Morgenstern Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Das große Lalula" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Zilch (b. 1928), "Das große Lalula" [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suuri Lalula", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 51
Ei tätä voi kääntää, tästä pitää vain nauttia. Morgensternin huikeat kielelliset fantasiat hakevat vertaistaan... Lalu lalu lalu lalu la! Jotain vastaavaa löytyy varmaan kaikilta kielialueilta, entten, tentten, teelikamentten, esimerkiksi, ja onhan niitä. Lalu lalu lalu lalu la! Harvoin kuitenkaan tapaa näin mestarillista vääntelyä, siansaksaa. Äännä saksan säännöillä, slaavilaisuuttakin tässä kyllä vilahtaa. Lalu lalu lalu lalu la!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2009 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Erkki Pullinen. Contact: erkki (DOT) pullinen (AT) uniarts (DOT) fi
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das große Lalula"
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 56