by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Der Mond
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Als Gott den lieben Mond erschuf, gab er ihm folgenden Beruf: Beim Zu- sowohl wie beim Abnehmen sich deutschen Lesern zu bequemen, ein A formierend und ein Z - dass keiner groß zu denken hätt'. Befolgend dies ward der Trabant ein völlig deutscher Gegenstand.
Note: in stanza 3, line 1, the letters A and Z appear in printed editions as the old Sütterlin letters. Some online editions erroneously use Greek letters. See Wikipedia's entry on Sütterlin.
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Der Mond", appears in Galgenlieder [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Der Mond", from Galgenlieder, no. 44 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Der Mond", op. 43b no. 4, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Schuster (1910 - 1980), "Der Mond", 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenlieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La lune", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 43