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This is the Journal of Titania and Ripley the unau << Queen of Bus Stop Queueing Soho, London, 1983 >> Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 11, 2012 by Titania and Ripley the unau   Posting 1 Possibly covered elsewhere in my journals and threads and what nots, but one of my favourite recordings (have yet to experience it live) is the one by Jessye Norman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz5TV8LWbro Her facial expressions, and her change of voice.. <goosebumps> Erlkönig - sorry, but I don't think we have a h2g2 entry on it - yet... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Erlk%C3%B6nig Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 11, 2012 by Titania and Ripley the unau This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 'Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch Ich gewalt' That always sent a chill through me. 'In seinem Armen, dass Kind war tot' In his arms, the child was dead. End of story. Final. The End. My German is getting rusty, apologies for any errors... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 13, 2012 by Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 You had to... You had to bring this one up? It's so sad! Okay, I'm over it. What an emotional little vignette, though. I'd never heard this tale or the poem before. Thank you for sharing. The images the words conjure up definitely will haunt a person...probably for a lifetime. You've left another impression upon me, Titania. Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark... It's such an evocative poem, and the German phrasing does indeed 'bring up the hackles' on the back of my neck at the concluding stanzas. The translations provided by Wiki are pretty good, though they leave a bit to be desired in the meter, flow, and solid rhyming. It almost makes me want to do another adaptation to imbue it with more current syntax, vernacular, language. I might just give it a go... B4someoneaccusesmeofplagiarismiwillusethecitationsprovidedbyWiki Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 13, 2012 by Pierce The Pirate ~ thingite keybearer ~ visit my ship at A579684 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 We were forced to read this in school, which of course ruined it for many of us for decades The jokes about it prove it: "Er reitet so forsch, er reitet so schnell - er reitet nach High Chaparral" "Er erreicht den Hof mit Müh und Not das Kind, es lebt - das Pferd is tot" Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 13, 2012 by Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 [-B4-] Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 14, 2012 by Titania and Ripley the unau This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 *smacks the for ruining the gist of her journal* Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 14, 2012 by Titania and Ripley the unau This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 And a new translation of Erlkönig, B4? Would be looking forward to it but wondering how on you'll find the time to do it? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 14, 2012 by Pierce The Pirate ~ thingite keybearer ~ visit my ship at A579684 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 14, 2012 by Pierce The Pirate ~ thingite keybearer ~ visit my ship at A579684 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 Friedrich von Schiller, "Der Taucher", neue deutsche Kurzfassung: Gluck-gluck-gluck - weg war er Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Der Erlkönig Posted Jan 19, 2012 by Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere]) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Yeah, you're right. I don't have the time to do yet ~another~ translation of this poem. I've browsed the net and found ~dozens~ of truly great versions of the story, each with its own particular "flavor" of descriptive imagery. What's the point of tossing yet one more into the mix? And--honestly--I couldn't do better than some of the excellent renditions already out there. So...I'm rescinding my order, taking my hat back out of the ring, defaulting on the loan, pulling out, giving up, stopping before I get started. B4ifindsomeothercrazyproject2whileawaythehours Conversation list Conversation list

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