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TWO SONGS

I. This is the song Gretel sings at the very beginning of Hansel and Gretel as the hungry children work and think about food.

 

II. This is a German folk song which Humperdinck adapted for the opera. It is a riddle. Gretel sings it while the children are in the woods. Can you solve it? For the answer click here.

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