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Ein Igel saß auf einem Stein und blies auf einem Stachel sein. Schalmeiala, schalmeialü! Da kam sein Feinslieb Agel und tat ihm schnigel schnagel zu seinen Melodein. Schnigula schnagula schnaguleia lü! Das Tier verblies sein Flötenhemd... "Wie siehst Du aus so furchtbar fremd!?" Schalmeiala, schalmeialü - Feins Agel ging zum Nachbar, ach! Den Igel aber hat der Bach zum Weiher fortgeschwemmt. Wigula wagula waguleia wü tü tü ...
Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Igel und Agel", 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), "Igel und Agel", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Igel und Agel", op. 51b (Vier Galgenlieder (Four Gallows Songs)) no. 3 (1960), first performed 1961 [ 3 speakers and speaking (mixed) chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard de Boer (b. 1957), "Igel und Agel", op. 13 no. 2 [ baritone, chorus, and orchestra ], from Neue Galgenlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Dorda (b. 1932), "Igel und Agel", from Vier Galgenlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Igel und Agel", from Galgenlieder, no. 59 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralf Albert Franz (b. 1969), "Igel und Agel", from Galgenlieder, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Igel und Agel", op. 43 no. 1, published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Palmström singt. Sieben Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinz Kratochwil (1933 - 1995), "Igel und Agel", op. 130 (Drei heitere Chöre) no. 1 (1981), first performed 1981 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Marx , "Igel und Agel" [ voice and lute ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Reuter , "Igel und Agel" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Igel und Agel", op. 19a (Galgenliederbuch, 1. Folge) no. 1 (1983/89), published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenliederbuch nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 1, München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Hedge-hug-hog", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Hedgehog and Hedge-hag", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Hedgehog and Hedgehag", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Siili ja havunneulanen", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
Line count: 17
Word count: 68
Muuan siili istui kerran kivellä ja puhalteli yhteen piikeistään. Schalmeiala... Tulipa siihen hänen kultansa havunneulanen ja tanssi kummallista tanssia hänen soittonsa tahdissa. Schnigula, scahnagula, schnaguleia lü. Eläinparka puhalsi rikki huilu-piikki-paitansa. "Kylläpä sinä näytät kamalan oudolta!?" Schalmeiala, Schalmeialü... Se neulaskulta meni naapurille, voi, mutta siilin vei puro mennessään aina lammikkoon asti. Wigula... tü tü...
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.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Igel und Agel", appears in Galgenlieder
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 53