'Sonnengesang' [Canticle of the Sun] is part of world literature and has had a decisive influence on Italian poetry. It is considered to be the 'lullaby of the Italian language'. The musical setting of the Canticle of the Sun is written in German. To conjure up the 'ancient' aura of the original, just a few words are quoted from the Old Italian. The musical setting of the Canticle of the Sun tries to capture the folkloristic style of the original. As a consequence, no choral techniques of the ne...