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by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872)

Ein Regentropfen sprach
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein Regentropfen sprach
Zum andern Regentropfen:
Möcht'wissen, warum wir
An dieses Fernster klopfen.

Der andre Tropfen sprach:
Hier wohnt ein Kind der Not,
Und dem verkünden wir:
Es wächst, es wächst das Brot.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872), "Regentropfen" [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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Die Regentropfen", op. 47 (Vier Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 3 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig : Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau (1854 - 1923) ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) , no title ; composed by Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev, César Antonovich Cui, Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

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