" Hameln Pied Piper" ( German: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln ) is a German folk song based on the eponymous medieval legend . It gained particular popularity and distribution after the publication in the collection of A. von Arnim and C. Brentano “The Boy ’s Magic Horn ” (1806). [one]
| Der Rattenfänger von Hameln | |
|---|---|
| Hameln Pied Piper | |
| folk song | |
| Tongue | Deutsch |
| Publication | no later than 1806 |
| Collections | Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1806); Deutsche Lieder in Volkes Herz und Mund (1864) et al. |
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Origin
There is no consensus among researchers on the origin of the song about the Pied Piper from The Magic Horn. V. Kretselius and A. Birlinger as the author name von Arnima or Brentano. L. Erk and F. M. Böhme believe that the song published in the collection is taken from the street, from the repertoire of organ grinders . However, such oral works, as a rule, used ancient print media (for example, flying leaflets ) as sources, which leaves the question of the origin of the version of von Arnim and Brentano open. [2]
The editors of The Magic Horn on the page of the work indicated that their text was obtained "from an oral source." As Gertrude Schmidt notes, against the origin of the song, there is too much similarity between the version of Brentano - von Arnim and the three earlier rhymed versions, namely: from the hand-written Hameln chronicles of the Bakhaus (i; c. 1589), from G. Rollenhagen 's Froschmeuseler (ii; printed in 1595); from the flying leaf of 1622. The greatest number of coincidences - both in the plot and in the vocabulary - can be seen between the version from the "Magic Horn" and the rhymed chronicle of Buckhaus, which suggests the use of the latter as a source of von Arnim or Brentano. [2]
Text
| Der Rattenfänger von Hameln [3] | Literary translation |
|---|---|
»Wer ist der bunte Mann im Bilde? | "Who is this little one in a colorful robe, |
Notes
- ↑ Wolfgang Mieder. Der Rattenfänger von Hameln: die Sage in Literatur, Medien und Karikaturen . - Edition Praesens, 2002. - ISBN 978-3-7069-0175-8 . (German)
- ↑ 1 2 Schmidt, Gertrud C. Die Quelle des Rattenfängerlieds in "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (German) // Modern Language Notes: journal. - 1904. - 1 Junis ( Bd. XIX , Nr. 6 ). - S. 178-181 .
- ↑ Text cited from: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von LA v. Arnim und Clemens Brentano . - 1806. - Bd. I. - S. 28. (German) .
Links
- Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (German) . http://gutenberg.spiegel.de . Spiegel Gruppe. - The lyrics. Modern graphics. Date of treatment May 11, 2018.