Wake up, the rooster crowed
Wake up, the cock crowed is a children's song cantata for children's choir (with soloists ) and small orchestra by Hans Sandig . The original text comes from Käte Rudo . The performance lasts approx. 22 minutes.
Structure and content
The work describes a children's daily routine from morning to evening. Old and (at the time of writing) newer children's songs are linked to a larger composition through instrumental interludes and sung connecting verses.
The work is opened by three “ roosters ” in front of the eponymous canon ; with a chorale-like song and the words: "close your tired eyes, and tomorrow the sun will shine again" it finds a somewhat pathetic ending. In contrast to Sandig's later works, spoken text is only available briefly at the end of the transition section “Ringel, ringel, Rose” and at the end of the song “ A little man stands in the forest ”.
| section | template |
|---|---|
| Wake up, the rooster crowed | Canon by Johann Joachim Wachsmann |
| Out of the beds | - |
| Now come dear children (transition) | - |
| Maria has six dolls | Wilhelm Otto Ullmann |
| All my doll children (transition) | - |
| A flower was given to me | Folk tune / Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben |
| Good morning, dear Grete (transition) | - |
| Widewidewenne | Folk song |
| Up on the green square (transition) | - |
| Who wants to see hardworking craftsmen | Folk song |
| It's noon already (transition) | - |
| The Dieter, the Dieter | - |
| On the green meadow | Folk song |
| Little Liese, don't be stupid (transition) | - |
| Let's go to the meadow | Christian Lahusen |
| Hans, Wolf and Gerd (transition) | - |
| Green, green, green are all my clothes | Folk song |
| Ringel, Ringel, Rose (transition) | Folk song |
| This is how it works in the Schnützelputzhäusel | Folk song |
| I know a riddle (transition) | - |
| A little man stands in the forest | Folk tune / Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben |
| Evening rest beats from the tower (transition) | - |
| All people are going home now | Folk song |
| The beautiful day is over | - |
Sections in italics are omitted in the shortened version (see below).
Published versions
Complete recording
Probably the only complete recording was made in 1956 under the direction of the composer. Participants were the Leipzig Children's Radio Choir , the Naumann Quartet and members of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra . The recording was released in 1962 as a B-side to Sandig folk songs -Kantate "Well, the time has come" on record . Later publications are not known; However, individual songs from this recording appear on children's song CDs up to the present.
Version for school lessons
Until 1990, the cantata was syllabus in 2nd grade music lessons in the GDR . The original recording was shortened by about 1/3 by omitting several songs (see above). In the transition to “A little man stands in the forest”, this creates a harmoniously inconsistent connection; the other cuts cannot be heard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listening to music class 2 (LP; LP SCHOLA 8 70 005) . 1978.
- ↑ a b CD "Hopp, hopp, hopp, little horse, run gallop" (BT 2105-2) . BT Music, Berlin 2007.
- ↑ Well, the time has come (LP; ETERNA 8 30 003) . 1962.
- ↑ Music . Textbook for grade 2 (1969 edition). 18th edition. Volk und Wissen, Berlin 1986, license number 203, p. 38 .