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Note: in Bachlund's Strumpfsinn Lieder, this poem is interleaved with "Es war ein Brikett, ein gro&szilg;es Genie"

Text Authorship:

• by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, "Ein Lied, das der berühmte Philosoph Haeckel am 3. Juli 1911 vormittags auf einer Gartenpromenade vor sich hinsang", appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912 [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), "Ein Lied", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ringelnatz in dreiviertel Takt, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein große Genie", 2006 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from Strumpfsinn Lieder, no. 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "A song", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 21