by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)
Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn Wie Larven sind sie anzusehn. O Schreck, Dahinter sieht man Herrn Friedmann!
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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), "Drei Masken sah ich am Himmel stehn", op. 66 no. 4 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 4 [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) , "J'ai vu trois masques dans le ciel", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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