A moo, a muh
Eine Muh, ein Mäh is a German-language Christmas hit . The song was originally published under the title Santa Claus is coming . The composition comes from Wilhelm Lindemann . "Waldemar Alfredo" is given as the text author, allegedly a pseudonym of Lindemann. The work, referred to as “ character piece” in the subtitle , first appeared in print in 1912, and a copyright entry for the work in the USA was also made that year.
The happy, silly text describes a Christmas Eve at home from the perspective of the children who are waiting for Knecht Ruprecht to bring gifts. In the chorus of the song, which is often used in Christmas carol potpourris , the many hoped-for Christmas gifts are listed in children's language . With this theming of the gifts, the song is thematically based on Christmas carols from the 19th century such as tomorrow, children, will there be something or tomorrow Santa Claus arrives .
In Lindemann's original arrangement of the song, several collage-like quotes from the Christmas carol O you cheerful are incorporated.
The onomatopoeic referencing of the Christmas presents as “Muh” (for cow ), “Mäh” (for sheep ) and “Tatärätä” (for trumpet ) is common to the hit song Wenn Christmas is , with which the song is often linked as a medley .
The hit can still be found today on the Christmas albums of musicians such as Peter Alexander (1966), the Fischer Choirs (1972), Wolfgang Petry (1998) and Götz Alsmann (2006).
The punk band Falling Brieftauben quotes the text of the beginning of the chorus in their song Eine Muh, eine Mäh, eine Tatärätä (1992), which has nothing in common with the Christmas carol, either lyrically or musically.
Web links
- Good mood Christmas carol: Wilhelm Lindemann's “Eine Muh, eine Mäh” (actually: “Santa Claus is coming”, 1914) , deutschelieder.wordpress.com
- A moo, a muh , sheet music, text and karaoke
- One moo, one muh , text at golyr.de
- Eine Muh, eine Mäh , Max Kuttner with orchestra, on Lindex 411 (mx. 0040) (or Homocord Liliput 0040) (15 cm); up. August 19, 1925 in the German Digital Library
- Eine Muh, eine Mäh , Robert Steidl recorded on gramophone 9-42 540 (mx 23442 1/2 r)onYouTube
- Eine Muh, eine Mäh , Marita Gründgens with orchestra and children's choir (approx. 1935)onYouTube
- Eine Muh, eine Mäh , Rudi Schuricke with children's choir and orchestral accompaniment, Imperial 19165 (mx. KC 28467). Sept./Oct. 1940onYouTube
- A moo, a muh , Willy Schneider , around 1954onYouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bosworth Music Publishing
- ↑ In the GEMA - plant database for the original entry of the song GEMA Werk. No .: 14079122-001 (without ISWC ), accessed on 16 January 2015 Wilhelm Lindemann listed both as a composer and as a lyricist.
- ↑ Wilhelm Lindemann: A moo, a mah: Santa Claus is coming. Parts, edition for salon orchestra. Bosworth, Leipzig 1912 ( OCLC 313039975 ).
- ^ Wilhelm Lindemann, Waldemar Alfredo: Eine Muh, ein Mäh. "Santa Claus is coming". Two-handed piano with text (B. & Co. 18872). Bosworth, Leipzig a. a. 1912 ( catalog entry in KOBV ).
- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Volume 7, Issue 2. US Government Printing Office, 1912, p. 1598 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Peter Alexander: Eine Muh, ein Mäh at hitparade.ch
- ↑ Christmas with the Fischer Choirs at Discogs
- ↑ Wolfgang Petry: Joy! BMG Ariola 1998 DNB 357201469
- ↑ Götz Alsmann: A moo, a mah, a Tatärätä at hitparade.ch
- ↑ Falling carrier pigeons - Eine Muh, Eine Mäh, Eine Tatärätä at Discogs
- ↑ Falling carrier pigeons - a moo, a muh, a Tatärätä on YouTube