Composition: Das Buch vom Kinde, Op. 51 (Wehrli, Werner)
| Title | Das Buch vom Kinde |
| Alternative title | Erzählungen, kleine Chor- und Sololieder, vierhändige Klavierstücke |
| Creators | Werner Wehrli (composer) and Margrit Schifferli (librettist) |
| Opus | Op.51 |
| Instrumentation | female chorus childrens chorus narrator voice and piano 4 voices piano 4 hands narrator, childrens chorus and piano 4 hands |
| Number of movements | 19 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1939 |
| First published | 1939 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Lieder, Canons, Pieces |
| Language | German |
| Period | Early 20th century |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Engelsgesang (2 voices or chorus of equal voices) | — | — | — |
| 2. Erzählung s wird Früelig! | — | — | — |
| 3. 's wird Früelig (piano 4-hands) | — | — | — |
| 4. Wohl denn, so lasst uns reisen (voicepiano) | — | — | — |
| 5. Erzählung Es Schwöschterli | — | — | — |
| 6. Es Schwöschterli (piano 4-hands) | — | — | — |
| 7. Zwei Rätsel: I (2 voices), II (4-part canon) | — | — | — |
| 8. Erzählung Im Bilderbuech | — | — | — |
| 9. Im Bilderbuech (piano 4-hands) | — | — | — |
| 10. Kindergebet (voicepiano) | — | — | — |
| 11. Wiegenliedchen (voicepiano) | — | — | — |
| 12. Erzählung Armi, armi Blüemli! | — | — | — |
| 13. Armi, armi Blüemli! (piano 4-hands) | — | — | — |
| 14. Abendsegen (voicepiano) | — | — | — |
| 15. Mondliedchen (voicepiano) | — | — | — |
| 16. Walte Gott Vater (voicepiano) | — | — | — |
| 17. Erzählung Vo de Schuene und de Bildere, wo au händ müesse schlofe | — | — | — |
| 18. Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh? (piano 4-hands) | — | — | — |
| 19. Schlussgesang (2 voices or unison chorus) | — | — | — |
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