by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)
Moderen synger
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Gretchen ligger i kiste dybt i den sorte muld. Gav jeg hende en kyse, foret med røden guld. Sænked i sorten kiste Gretchen så skjær og fin. La' de kolde små hænder over det hvide lin. Ene i natten jeg sidder, Stormene går over hav, river alle de blomster fra lille Gretchens grav. --
Text Authorship:
- by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Moderen synger", appears in Digte, first published 1894 [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Moderen synger", op. 60 (Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 2 (1893-1894), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Moderen synger", op. 18 ((Seks) Sange = (Sechs) Lieder) no. 3, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Äiti laulaa", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La mère chante", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Die Mutter singt", first published 1892
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 53