 Marmotte |
| File: | beetmarm.nwc (February 2008) 1 kB |
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| Full name of work: | Marmotte |
| Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), German |
| About: | http://imperial.park.org/Guests/Beethoven/composer.htm |
| Lyricist: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832 |
| First line: | Ich komme schon durch manche Land |
| Music category: | Art song |
| Instruments: | Piano (Bagpipes) & Voice |
| Name of file creator: | Albert Scerri |
| e-mail address: | albscerri "at" onvol "dot" net |
| website: | http://www.ciantar.org/nwcopera/index.html |
| Running time: | 2 min 22 secs |
| Comments: | Marmotte = Marmot (Song of the Savoyard boy and dance of the marmot accompanied by a bagpipe). Marmots were often used by travelling musicians with hurdy-gurdies to perform various tricks. |