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Nun fanget an ein gut's Liedlein zu singen, laßt Instrument und Lauten auch erklingen, Lieblich zu musizieren, will sich jetzt und gebühren; drum schlagt und singt, daß all's erklingt, helft unser Fest auch zieren.
Authorship:
- possibly by Hans Leo Haßler (1564 - 1612) [author's text not yet checked 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 Hans Leo Haßler (1564 - 1612), "Nun fanget an", published 1604 [four-part chorus], from Neue teutsche Gesänge / Nach Art der welschen Madrigalien und Canzonetten / mit 4. 5. 6. und 8. Stimmen, no. 1, Nürnberg: Paul Kauffmann [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-16
Line count: 7
Word count: 34
Alkakaapa laulaa mukavaa laulua, antakaa soittimien ja ääntenne kaikua. Viehkeä musisointi on juuri nyt paikallaan; niin että soittakaa ja laulakaa niin että kaikkialla kajahtaa, että saisimme hohtoa juhlaamme.
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- 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) possibly by Hans Leo Haßler (1564 - 1612)
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 28