Die Beredsamkeit (Joseph Haydn)

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• CPDL #05325:        (Finale 2003)

Editor: Elizabeth Pauly (submitted 2003-07-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 328 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Die Beredsamkeit
Composer: Joseph Haydn

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: German
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1796, Kalmus
    2nd published: 1906 in Volksliederbuch für Männerchor, no. 585
Description: #5 from Aus des Ramlers Lyrischer Blumenlese (13 partsongs).

External websites:

• Collegium Musicum Almae Matris Chamber Choir performing Die Beredsamkeit

Original text and translations

German text Freunde, Wasser machet stumm, lernet dieses an den Fischen, doch beim Weine kehrt sich's um dieses lernt an unsern Tischen. Was für Redner sind wir nicht, wenn der Rheinwein aus uns spricht Wir ermahnen, streiten, lehren, keiner will den andern hören. Freunde, Wasser machet stumm.

English translation Brothers, water makes us dumb. Just observe the little fishes. But with wine it's something else. This we learn each night at supper. Oraters we're surely not when the rhine wine for us speaks. We admonish, lecture, argue. No one listens to the other. Brothers, water makes us dumb.