After the big success of the Nursery Rhyme Collection in England producer and arranger Ian Watts and his German co-arranger Mike Wilbury decided to launch a similar project with traditional German Songs. Most tunes came up centuries ago but some tracks are actually brand new, exclusively written for this collection.
Guten Abend, gut' Nacht |
Good evening, good night |
|
Audio Sample: |
||
1. Guten Abend, gut' Nacht mit Rosen bedacht, |
1. Good evening, good night,
With roses adorned, |
|
Background notesThis is one of the best known German lullabies, composed by Johannes Brahms in 1849. In England it's known as “Brahms Lullaby”. The original words are very hard to understand, even for Germans as it contains many words that are not used anymore. (e.g. “Näglein” or “bedacht”). Also the grammar used in the verses is very old fashioned and hard to understand. So nowadays it is not possible to use a construction like "schau im Traum' s Paradies" for "im Traum das Paradies". |
|
|
|
|||||