by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
Nu løftes Laft og Lofte
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Available translation(s): ITA
Nu løftes Laft og Lofte Til Stjernehvælven blaa, Nu flyver lille Haakon Med Drømmevinger paa. Der er en Stige stillet Fra Jord til Himmel op, Nu stiger lille Haakon Med Englene tiltop. Guds Engle smaa, de vaager For Vuggebarnets Fred, Gud sign' Dig, lille Haakon, Din Moder vaager med!
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Authorship:
- by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Margretes Vuggesang", op. 15 (Romanser) no. 1 (1864-1868), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Margarethes vuggesang (ur Ibsens Kongsemnerne)", 1908/14 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by William Archer (1856 - 1924) ; composed by Gustav Holst, Norman Houston O'Neill.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz (Friedrich) von Holstein (1826 - 1878) , "Margarethen Wiegenlied" ; composed by Paul Mirsch.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) ; composed by Frederick Delius, Julius Rünger.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) ; composed by Johanna Müller-Hermann, Felix Paul Weingartner.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Grete von Zieritz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "Margaret's Cradle Song"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "La ninna-nanna di Margrete", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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