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Die wandelnde Glocke, Op 20 No 3
First line:
Es war ein Kind, das wollte nie
composer
1832
author of text
Goethe’s tongue-in-cheek ballad Die wandelnde Glocke tells the story of an errant schoolboy terrified into mending his ways by a roving bell. Loewe’s setting of 1832 illustrates the narrative in delightful picture-book style. The voice sings a jaunty, folksy tune, while the piano, as ever, provides piquant detail—the tolling bell, the blithely skipping child, and the hullabaloo as the bell ‘escapes’.
from notes by Richard Wigmore © 2011
La ballade au deuxième degré de Goethe Die wandelnde Glocke raconte l’histoire d’un écolier dévoyé qu’une cloche errante mène à s’amender par le biais de la peur. La version de Loewe, qui date de 1832, illustre l’histoire dans le style merveilleux d’un livre d’images. La voix chante un air guilleret et campagnard, tandis que, comme toujours, le piano donne des détails piquants—la cloche qui sonne, l’enfant qui saute à la corde avec insouciance et l’esclandre lorsque la cloche «s’échappe».
extrait des notes rédigées par Richard Wigmore © 2011
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris
Goethes ironische Ballade Die wandelnde Glocke erzählt die Geschichte eines unfolgsamen Schuljungen, der von einer sich bewegenden Glocke eines Besseren belehrt wird. Loewes Vertonung von 1832 illustriert die Erzählung in einem reizenden Bilderbuch-Stil. Die Singstimme hat eine lebhafte, volkstümliche Melodie, während das Klavier, wie so oft, beißende komische Details beisteuert—die läutende Glocke, das heiter hüpfende Kind und das Tohuwabohu, das losbricht, wenn die Glocke „entkommt“.
aus dem Begleittext von Richard Wigmore © 2011
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
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