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The original lyrics are probably by Mozart himself; [1] they include the words for "good night" in five different languages (Latin, Italian, French, English, and German). [2] [3] The phrase "gute Nacht, gute Nacht, / scheiß ins Bett daß' kracht", found in the fourth-to-last and third-to-last lines, closely resembles a similar expression found in a postscript to one of Wolfgang's letters by ...
In 1923 a translation by Edward Powys Mathers based on the French translation by J. C. Mardrus appeared. Another attempt at translation was made by John Payne (The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, 1882–84). Payne printed only 500 copies, for private distribution, and ceded the work to Richard Francis Burton.
Schmidt, August [in German] (14 May 1844). "Revue: im Stich erschienener Musikalien. Gebirgs-Bleameln , sechs Lieder in österreichischer Mundart für eine oder zwei Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, nach National-Melodien gedichtet und herausgegeben von Alexander Baumann.
As languages, English and German descend from the common ancestor language West Germanic and further back to Proto-Germanic; because of this, some English words are essentially identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in spelling (Hand, Sand, Finger) or pronunciation ("fish" = Fisch, "mouse" = Maus), or both (Arm, Ring); these are ...
Eine kleine Nachtmusik [a] (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, is a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). The German title means "a little night music".
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Original German lyrics [1] Direct English translation English lyrics by Chapman [4] Schlafe, schlafe, holder, süßer Knabe, leise wiegt dich deiner Mutter Hand; sanfte Ruhe, milde Labe bringt dir schwebend dieses Wiegenband. Schlafe, schlafe in dem süßen Grabe, noch beschützt dich deiner Mutter Arm; alle Wünsche, alle Habe
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