Wiegenlied (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

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LanguageGerman
English titleA Lullaby
Publishednot later than 1732
"Wiegenlied"
Text and melody, published in 1843[1]
Song
LanguageGerman
English titleA Lullaby
Publishednot later than 1732
GenreFolk
Songwriter(s)Traditional

"Wiegenlied" (German for 'lullaby') is a cradle song from the collection of German folkloric poems Des Knaben Wunderhorn.[2]

According to a number of sources, the song features Burchard (Bishop of Halberstadt) (c. 1028–1088) under the name of "Buko von Halberstadt", who was a "friend of children" and never left his castle without some gifts for his young parishioners.[3][4] Other authors call him "one of the most popular people of his time" (German: vielleicht der populärste seiner Zeit).[5]

The poem about Buko of Halberstadt became widely known in the Saxon lands. One of the researchers notes that the work was first published in 1732 in the "Collection of some old chronicles" (Sammlung etlicher alter Chronicken) by Johann Winnigstedt [de].[6]


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global = { \key f \major \time 2/4 }

tenorVoice = \relative c' { \global \autoBeamOff \tempo 4 = 96 \set Staff.midiInstrument = "vibraphone"
  c4 a8 d | c c16 ([bes)] a4 |
  c8 c a16 a d16 d | c8 c16 bes \tempo 4= 24 a8\fermata \tempo 4 = 96
  \repeat volta 2 { c, | f f g g | a4 g8 }
  g | f f g g | a a g \breathe
  bes | a8 f16 f g8 c,16 c | f8 f f r \bar "|."
}

verse = \lyricmode {
  Bu -- ko von Hal -- ber -- stadt,
  bring doch un -- se klee -- ne Kin -- de -- ken wat!
  << {  Wat soll ik em denn brin -- gen? }
    \new Lyrics \lyricmode { 'n~Paar ro -- the Schoh mit Rin -- gen, }
  >>
  Paar ro -- the Schoh mit Gold be -- schloan,
  da kann un -- se Kind drop to Dan -- ze goahn.
}

\score {
  \new Staff
  { \clef "treble_8" \tenorVoice }
  \addlyrics { \verse }
  \layout { }
}
\score { \unfoldRepeats { << \tenorVoice >> }
  \midi { }
}

Source[3]

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