David Solomons

Alternative title

Fire and Water

Composer

David W Solomons

Lyricist

Otto Wanke

Translator

David W Solomons

Publisher

David W Solomons

Genre

Classical / Song

Instrumentation

Contralto, Countertenor, Classical guitar

Type of score

Score for two performers, Parts

Duration

2'40"

Language

English, German

Difficulty

Medium

Year of composition

1973

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 here in the vocal version

The zip file here contains the full score and also the guitar part as a seprate pdf


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