by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)
Mittelalterliche Roheit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mittelalterliche Roheit Weicht dem Aufschwung schöner Künste: Instrument moderner Bildung Ist vorzüglich das Klavier. Auch die Eisenbahnen wirken Heilsam aufs Familienleben, Sintemal sie uns erleichtern Die Entfernung von der Sippschaft. Wie bedaur ich, daß die Darre Meines Rückgratmarks mich hindert, Lange Zeit noch zu verweilen In dergleichen Fortschrittswelt!
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1845-1856, no. 46 [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 Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Fortschrittswelt", op. 137 no. 7 (2014) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Heinelieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Mittelalterliche Roheit", 1994-5, published c1998 [ tenor and piano ], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung II, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roland Moser (b. 1943), "Mittelalterliche Roheit", published 1985, from Heinelieder, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kate Freiligrath Kroeker) , "Mittelalterliche Roheit", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 270, first published 1887
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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 48
Mittelalterliche Roheit
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Rude mediaeval barbarism To fine arts is slowly yielding; Chief machine of modern culture Is undoubtedly the Piano. Railways, too, a wholesome influence, Exercise on home life, surely, For they render it so easy From one's family to fly. What a pity that my spinal Illness renders it unlikely That I shall remain much longer In this fast progressive world!
Text Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), "Mittelalterliche Roheit", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 270, first published 1887 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1845-1856, no. 46
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 60