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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Munter getanzt! fröhlich gezecht!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Munter getanzt! fröhlich gezecht!
Heute Fastnacht! heute froh!
Jedem sein Theil und jedem sein Recht!
Aschermittwoch geht's nicht so.

Spiel was du kannst, spiel Musikant!
Heute Fastnacht! heute Spiel!
Daß auch der Schatten tanz' an der Wand!
Aschermittwoch steckt ein Ziel.

Reich mir die Hand, oder das Glas!
Heute Fastnacht! heut' ein Narr!
Heut' in der Maske gilt nur der Spaß,
Aschermittwoch nur der Pfarr.

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Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Volksleben, in Allerlei Klänge aus dem Volksleben, in Fastnacht, no. 2 [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 Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Fastnacht-Willkomm", op. 169 (Neun Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 9, published 1875 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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