"Wiegenlied" ('A Lullaby') is a cradle song from the collection of German poems "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (I, 1806).
"Wiegenlied" | |
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Song | |
Language | German |
English title | A Lullaby |
Published | not later than 1732 |
Genre | Folk |
Songwriter(s) | Traditional |
According to a number of sources, the song features Burchard (Bishop of Halberstadt) under the name of "Buko von Halberstadt", who was a "friend of children" and never left his castle without some gifts for his young parishioners.[1][2] Other authors call him "one of the most popular people of his time" (German: "vielleicht der populärste seiner Zeit").[3]
The poem about Buko of Halberstadt became widely known in the Saxon lands. One of the researchers notes that the work was first published in 1732 in the "Collection of some old chronicles" (German: Sammlung etlicher alter Chronicken") by Johann Winnigstedt .[4]
Words
editGerman | English |
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Wiegenlied |
Poetic translation |
References
edit- ^ Deutscher Liederhort: Auswahl der vorzüglicheren deutschen Volkslieder, nach Wort und Weise aus der Vorzeit und Gegenwart. Dritter Band. 3 (in German). 1894. p. 583. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Klein, S. (2005). Der WiegenliederSchatz: Hörbeispiele aus dem WiegenliederSchatz. CD (in German). Timon-Verlag. p. 35. ISBN 978-3-938335-01-7. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Verein 1884, pp. 333, 336.
- ^ Verein 1884, p. 338.
External links
edit- Mitteilungen des Vereins für Anhaltische Geschichte und Altertumskunde (in German). Verein. 1884. Retrieved 9 August 2024.