singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Der Hundertfüssler in F für 2 Stimmen oder Chor
SM-000197697
- Alternative title
- The Centipede in German F major 2 voices or choir
- Composer
- David W Solomons
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Lyricist
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Unknown (works before 1850)
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Translator
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David W Solomons
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Classical / Vocal music
- Instrumentation
- Mixed choir, Voice
- Scored for
- Duo, Choir
- Type of score
- Vocal score
- Duration
- 1'10"
- Language
- German
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 2014
Description
German version of the duet based on the anonymous English poem about a centipede
- it was quite happy with its hundred
legs until a frog asked it to think about which leg comes after which...
The sound sample is an electronic preview.
It can be sung by two solo voices or by a two part choir of any kind.
Versions are available in German (F major and D major)
and in French (F major and D major)
The original English version (in D and in B flat) is also available at
http://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-85127_arthropoduet__a_centipede_was_happy_quite_for_two_voices_a_cappella.html#85127
and a video of the English original (in B flat) can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo25CSSE5eU
This is my German version of the song
Einem Hundertfüßler ging's ganz wohl
Bis ein Frosch ihn schlau befragte
"Weisst du welcher Fuss nach vorne geht?"
Singen wir: "rechts links links rechts"!
Dann besann er sich und dachte nach
Seine Beine wirbelten hundertfach
Und er konnte nicht mehr geh'n
Er versucht 'nen Tritt und blieb da steh'n
Alle fünfzig linke Beine
Kamen aufwärts und er stolperte
Und die rechten folgten nicht
Dann besann er sich und dachte nach
Seine Beine wirbelten hundertfach
Und er konnte nicht mehr geh'n