Strange songs haunt the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 in Berlin. “Old Hildebrand,” a story of a parson’s attempt to seduce a peasant’s wife, ends with a rousing (arousing?) quartet that has the crude makings of Mozart/Da Ponte finale delivered in doggerel. The hijinks conclude with the peasant, More

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