> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:41:56 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Werner Icking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: frog loves mouse
>
> > Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 12:25:03 +0200 (MET DST)
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eckart Begemann)
>
> > in 1941 Paul Hindemith composed a set of
> > variations for violoncello and piano
> > about an old English Nursery Song
> > "A frog he went a-courting".
> >
> > Can anybody give me the tune of this
> > of this song?
> >
> I found:
>
> Hindemith, Paul: A frog he went a-courting (1941)
> Variationen u:ber ein alt-englisches Kinderlied
>
> Schott
> ISMN M-001-05042-5
> Editionsnummer ED4276
> 20 S.. - 93 g
> 18,- DM
>
> 1 Violoncello und Tasteninstrument (Basso continuo)
>
>
I suspect Eckart *has* the Hindemith; what he wants
is the basic melody on which Hindemith composed variations.
I looked at a couple of collections but didn't find it.
Bob T.