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Der Knabe auf dem Berge
song for voice and piano.

Traute Henriette
sketch for a song for voice and piano.

Traute Henriette, holdeste brunette,
hast du Lieb fur mich?
Heit're mein Gemute,
sanft'ge mein Geblute!
Madchen, liebe mich,
liebe mich!

Two-part Canon: "Languisco e moro"

1) Hess 229, for soprano and tenor

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2) Biamonti 350, skteches

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3) Hess 229 for instruments and pianoforte

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Sei il Mio Ben, Italian song.
The original manuscript can be found in Artaria 166 page 45.
This lieder has been found by Willy Hess and published in Neue Winterthurer Tagblatt dated 7-16-1955, then in his catalog pages 64-65 and finaly in the first book of Supplemente zur G.A.,1959.

Words in Italian:
Sei il mio ben,
sei mio conforto,
per te porto al cor catene,
perte pene di Amor mi dà.
Per te calma e pace spero,
col pensiero a te m' aggiro:
Né sospiro altra beltà,
né sospiro altra beltà.

Dona nobis pacem
sung fugue for 4 voices in C major.

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As I was wandering
Folksong for Solo Voice(s) & Instrument(s) in D Major.

The wee wee man:

As I was awaiking all alone,
Between a water and a wa’;
And there i spy’d a wee wee man,
And he was the east that e’er I saw.
His legs were scarce a shathmont’s length,
And thick and thimber were his thighs,
Between his brows there was a span,
And between his shoulders there were three.

The took up a meikle stane,
And ho flang’t as far as I could see,
Though I had been a Wallace wight
I coudna lifien ‘ t to my knee;
O wee wee man, but thou be strong,
O tell me where thy dwelling be?
My dwelling’s down at yon bonnie bower,
O will you go with me and see?

On we lap and awa we rade,
Till we came to yon bonnie green;
We lighted down for to bait our horse,
And out there came a lady fine.
Four and twenty at her back,
And they were a’ clad out in green:
Tho’ the King of Scotland had been there,
The warst o’ them might ha’ been his queen.

On we lap and awa we rade,
till we came to yon bonnie ha’,
Where the roof was o’ the beaten goud,
And the floor was o’ the crystal a’.
When we came to the stair foot,
Ladies were dancing jimp and sma’;
But in the twinkling of an eye,
My wee wee man was clean awa’.

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