O Mensch, gib acht
work by Weinheber
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- In Josef Weinheber
…role of the people’s singer; O Mensch, gib acht (1937; “Hearken, Ye Men”), a series of vignettes and songs using folk tunes; and Zwischen Göttern und Dämonen (1938; “Between Gods and Demons”), a volume comprising four odes on the poet’s vision of reality. Weinheber later released Kammermusik (1939; “Chamber Music”).…
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