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Es wohnen die hohen Gedanken - (2013)
Wilhelm Busch
for medium or low voice and piano
Es wohnen die hohen Gedanken
In einem hohen Haus.
Ich klopfte, doch immer hieß es:
»Die Herrschaft fuhr eben aus!«
Nun klopf' ich ganz bescheiden
Bei kleineren Leuten an.
Ein Stückel Brot, ein Groschen
Ernähren auch ihren Mann.1 page, circa 2' 00"
Wilhelm Busch
The loftier notions tend to dwell
In the loftier house of the few.
I've knocked, but have been always told:
»The lofty are not in to you!«
Now I knock humbly on other doors,
Those of the lowliest clan.
A morsel of bread, perhaps a penny
Nourish thereby this man.
rhymed paraphrase by the composer
Copyright © 2013 Gary Bachlund
The text is taken from Busch's collection, Kritik des Herzens. For other settings of Busch's texts, click here.
The score for Es wohnen die hohen Gedanken is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this piano-vocal score.
