by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)
Es liebte einst ein Hase
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es liebte einst ein Hase Die salbungsvolle Phrase, Obschon wie ist das sonderbar, Sein Breitkopf hart und härter war. Hu, wisst ihr, was mein Hase tut? Oft saugt er Komponistenblut Und platzt hernach vor Edelmut.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Es liebte einst ein Hase", op. 66 no. 3 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il était une fois un lièvre qui aimait", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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