It's a comment by three drunk tramps (strolche) who are saying that the whole world is upsidedown - which of course, in 1943, it was! If I remember the English translation correctly, the tune's text is:
On the day that faith was born, tra la la,
She jumped into a crumpled horn, tra la la
The huntsman blew, she flew away, tra la la
And noone saw her from that day. Tra la la.
For singer watchers, the big bass with the blue shirt is the great German Hans Sotin. What a voice.
This is one of the great classics of Nazi era German music. This song from Orff's Die Kluge, was insanely popular with Hitler himself. In fact, several of Orff's early works enjoyed this attention, even though Orff and the music were virulently anti-Nazi. Many prominent central european composers and musicians were forced by the regime to attend Orff concerts so they would learn how to write the kind of music the Fuhrer preferred. If you compare this to the work of Alban Berg, well...
This song is about faith, fidelity or faithfulness, and the degree to which it no longer exists: Roughly: "When Faithfulness was born, it landed in a hunter's horn, the hunter blew it into the wind, and it's never been seen again." A strange and risky subject to be writing about in 1943 Germany, though it was apparently a hit.
It's based on one of Grimm's fairy tales "Die kluge Bauerntochter". In the tale a girl of humble origins demonstrates her intelligence, which impresses the king who then decides to marry her. However, she gives intelligent advice which the king disapproves of. She is asked to leave, but in the end takes her back. Not sure what this particular scene in the opera is about. I find it hard to understand German when it's sung in opera!
It's a comment by three drunk tramps (strolche) who are saying that the whole world is upsidedown - which of course, in 1943, it was! If I remember the English translation correctly, the tune's text is:
On the day that faith was born, tra la la,
She jumped into a crumpled horn, tra la la
The huntsman blew, she flew away, tra la la
And noone saw her from that day. Tra la la.
For singer watchers, the big bass with the blue shirt is the great German Hans Sotin. What a voice.
antonyshelley 1 month ago
This is one of the great classics of Nazi era German music. This song from Orff's Die Kluge, was insanely popular with Hitler himself. In fact, several of Orff's early works enjoyed this attention, even though Orff and the music were virulently anti-Nazi. Many prominent central european composers and musicians were forced by the regime to attend Orff concerts so they would learn how to write the kind of music the Fuhrer preferred. If you compare this to the work of Alban Berg, well...
eldanjr 7 months ago in playlist Die Kluge Orff
This song is about faith, fidelity or faithfulness, and the degree to which it no longer exists: Roughly: "When Faithfulness was born, it landed in a hunter's horn, the hunter blew it into the wind, and it's never been seen again." A strange and risky subject to be writing about in 1943 Germany, though it was apparently a hit.
Varese13 1 year ago
It's based on one of Grimm's fairy tales "Die kluge Bauerntochter". In the tale a girl of humble origins demonstrates her intelligence, which impresses the king who then decides to marry her. However, she gives intelligent advice which the king disapproves of. She is asked to leave, but in the end takes her back. Not sure what this particular scene in the opera is about. I find it hard to understand German when it's sung in opera!
1986adg 1 year ago
I believe they are commenting (in an Aesopian kind of way) on the (then) current events. If memory serves, this was written during the War.
TheMadRhino3 1 year ago
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TheMadRhino3 1 year ago
What is this about exactly?
Marmalade000000 2 years ago
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Wolghard 2 years ago