This sage from the Russian is attributed to Michael Jurewitsch Lermontow (1814-1841). The present German text version was written by Johannes von Günther in 1947.
Here is a digital collage of the notes, the German text and illustrative building blocks of the song in watercolour and aquatint style by Dirk h. Wendt.
Dirk h. Wendt has his roots in Oldenburg in Northern Germany, he studied in Berlin and lives and works today in Dietzenbach-Steinberg near Frankfurt.
Already in grammar school he was trained and encouraged in craftsmanship and visual skills. This continued logically in his training as a typesetter and typographer and..
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