Rätsel
"Rätsel" | |
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Song | |
Language | German |
English title | Riddle |
Published | not later than 1806 |
Genre | Folk |
Songwriter(s) | Traditional |
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"Rätsel" (German: Rätsel, lit. Riddle) is a German riddle-song from the songster "Des Knaben Wunderhorn".
Brentano's version is written in iambic tetrameter.[1] According to a contemporary author, Schiller's Turandot or the moonbow from William Tell might inspire Clemens Brentano, while he was working at his adaptation.[2]
The song may be found in the later songbooks and anthologies ("Mythological library", Schwetschke's "Nature", etc.).[3][4]
Words
[edit]German | English |
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Es ist die wunderschönste Brück', |
There's a faint and fairy bridge, |
References
[edit]- ^ "Deutsche Volksrätsel und ihre rhytmische Struktur" (PDF). Вчені записки Таврійського національного університету (in German): 96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Universitäts-Gesellschaft (2013). "Heidelberger Jahrbücher". Heidelberger Jahrbücher (in German) (т. 32). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 96. ISBN 978-3-642-73884-5. Archived from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ See here.
- ^ See Deutscher Humboldt-Verein (1897). "Die Natur" (in German). G. Schwetschke. p. S. 350. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
External links
[edit]- von Arnim, A.; Brentano, C. (1806). "Rätsel". Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte deutsche Lieder (in German). p. 138. Archived from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-18.