David Solomons

singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer

Feuer und Wasser for viola and guitar

SM-000184303
Alternative title
Fire and Water
Composer
David W Solomons
Publisher
David W Solomons
Genre
Classical / Instrumental
Instrumentation
Viola, Classical guitar
Scored for
Duo
Type of score
Score for two performers, Parts
Duration
3'0"
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
2013

Description
One of six arrangements of a song written in 1973 which I based on a poem by Otto Wanke
Versions are available for guitar with alto voice (with the words as below), cor anglais, flute, clarinet, viola or violin

My performance of the original song can be heard in the vocal version -
the rest of the sound samples - in which I have given the melody instrument a few variations - are electronic perviews


The poem is a somewhat resigned teenage-angst song of unrequited love.

Ich muss mich damit abfinden
dass Feuer und Wasser nicht zusammen passen
Das Feuer das mit heller Flamme leuchtet
das seine Umgebung anzünden möchte
das knistert.
Das Wasser das gemächlich vor sich hinfliesst
das sich nur langsam erwärmen lässt,
das sucht
das sucht
Ich muss mich damit abfinden
dass Feuer und Wasser nicht zusammen passen.
© Otto Wanke


My English version:

I must settle my mind on this
that fire and water do not go together
Hot fire whose great flames flare up so brightly
which wants to set light
to all things around it
spits fiercely
Cool water smoothly flows ahead so slowly
and takes so long to warm up
and seeps
in search
in search
I must settle my mind on this
that fire and water do not go together.
©David W Solomons

Upload date
12 May 2013

Price

Sheet music file
6.00 USD
ZIP, 230.5 Kb

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