Seven Latvian children’s songs
I Backe Brot und backe Kuchen
II Schlaf, schlaf
III Ach, Eichkätzchen
IV Das Wölfchen weint
V Schuschu, schuschu
VI Höre du, mein Kater
VII Mäuschen, Mäuschen
German translation by Inga Bielenstein
Out of stock: a version for voice and piano and a version for children's choir and piano
Wilhelm Rettich belonged to that generation of those whose work and life was deeply affected by the First and Second World Wars. Captivity, persecution, hiding and losses scarred his life. In 1933, he emigrated to the Netherlands, where he survived the war in hiding. Rettich worked a great deal for the radio, a young and progressive medium at that time. Although he became a Dutch citizen after the World War II, he returned to Germany in 1964.
by Diet Scholten