The Bremen Town-Musicians / Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

The Bremen Town-Musicians / Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

by Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm
Publication Date: 17/01/2015

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This edition contains the English translation and the original text in German.


The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (German: "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten") is a folktale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Despite the title of the fairy tale, the characters never actually arrive in Bremen. In Aarne–Thompson classification it is a folk tale of type 130: "outcast animals find a new home".


"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" ist der Titel eines Märchens, das im Umland von Bremen spielt. Es findet sich in den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Gebrüder Grimm ab der 2. Auflage von 1819 an Stelle 27 (KHM 27). Im Aarne-Thompson-Index wird es als Typ 125, 126, 130 und 715 klassifiziert. Die wohl bekannteste Bühnenfassung des Märchens stammt von Robert Bürkner. "Bremer Stadtmusikanten" in wechselnden Besetzungen gibt es seit dem 14. Jahrhundert in Bremen, die bei feierlichen Anlässen Musik machen.

ISBN:
1230000291834
1230000291834
Category:
Classic fiction
Publication Date:
17-01-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Paperless
Wilhelm Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), German author and cultural researcher, was one half of the Grimm Brothers; authors of some of the most popular and best-known European fairy tales. He was born in the town of Hanau, in what was at the time the Holy Roman Empire. He was a graduate of the University of Marburg.

Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), one half of of the renowned Brothers Grimm, was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He was also a linguist, and discoverer of "Grimms law," and wrote several of the Wests best known fairy tales along with his brother Wilhelm. He was born in the town of Hanau, in what was at the time the Holy Roman Empire. He was a graduate of the University of Marburg.

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