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Röschen biß den Apfel an, Und zu ihrem Schrecken Brach und blieb ein Perlenzahn In [dem Butzen]1 stecken. Und das gute Kind vergaß Seine Morgenlieder; Tränen ohne Unterlaß Perlten nun hernieder.
1 Sinding: "demselben".
Authorship
- by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Röschen biß den Apfel an", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 7 [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 Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Röschen biß den Apfel an", op. 22 (Drei Gedichte von Gottfried Keller) no. 2 [men's chorus a cappella], Hug & Co. Musikverlage [text not verified]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Röschen biß den Apfel an", op. 33 no. 6 (1923), from Alte Weisen, no. 6. [text not verified]
- by Richard Schweizer (1868 - 1906), "Röschen biß den Apfel an", op. 22 no. 3, from Alte Weisen, no. 3. [text not verified]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Röschen biß den Apfel an", op. 1 no. 4 (1885), published 1890 [high voice and piano], from Alte Weisen - Sechs Lieder, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Röschen biss den Apfel an", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder auf Gedichte von Gottfried Keller) no. 4. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Rosie bit into the apple", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 31
Rosie bit into the apple, and to her horror a pearly tooth broke and remained stuck in the core. And the good child forgot her morning songs; tears without refrain came pearling down her cheeks.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Röschen biß den Apfel an", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 7
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35