The mill rattles by the rushing brook
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The mill rattles by the rushing brook is a nursery rhyme from the Romantic era , in which a water mill and the miller's and baker's trade are sung about.
Emergence
The text of the song is attributed to the German schoolmaster Ernst Anschütz , who wrote it around 1824 and is said to have published it in the 3rd volume of his musical school hymn book in 1830 .
The melody is derived from the folk song Three horsemen rode out of the gate , which became famous around 1770. Carl Reinecke composed an alternative melody in 1867 (Opus 91, No. 1).
The song is one of many songs about mills and millers from the 19th century (see, for example, Eichendorff / Glück : In einer Kühlen Grund ; Kerner : There down in the mill ; and many others). Other songs this time raises There mills beside rushing stream mainly by the effect that the motif of the "daily bread" in the Lord's Prayer is taken up and emphasized.
In Prussia, the song was recommended for first and second grade music lessons at elementary schools. In the course of the homeland movement , the piece became a popular folk song . The beginning of the song with the “rattling” mill became a household word .
text
The mill on the rushing brook rattles, clap clap.
The miller is always awake by day and by night, snap.
He grinds us grain into strong bread,
and if we have it, there is no need.
Klippklapp, klippklapp, klipp klapp!
The wheels run swiftly and turn the stone, snap clap,
and grind the wheat into flour so fine, clink clap.
The baker then bakes rusks and cakes from them,
which the children always like particularly well.
Klippklapp, klippklapp, klipp klapp!
When there is plenty of grain in the field, snap,
the mill moves its wheels quickly, snap.
And
if heaven only gives us bread forever, we are safe and do not suffer hardship.
Klippklapp, klippklapp, klipp klapp!
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↑ alternatively:
the miller who fills the heavy sack for us, the
baker who bakes the bread and the cake for us.
Web links
- The mill rattles in the song project by Carus-Verlag and SWR2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hoffmann von Fallersleben , Karl Hermann Prahl: Our folk songs. 4th edition. Engelmann, Leipzig 1900, p. 84 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Carl Reineke. His works. Opus 91 to 100
- ^ Children's songs with piano accompaniment by Carl Reinecke : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- ↑ Songs about millers and mills . ( Memento from November 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Deutsche-Muehlen.de
- ↑ Singing songs in elementary schools . In: Central Gazette of the Prussian Government , 1912 ( volksliederarchiv.de accessed on January 30, 2017)