Town Musicians of Bremen
Also known as Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, The Bremen Town Musicians, Bremen Town Musicians
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
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"Town Musicians of Bremen" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm about four aging animals who escape their masters and journey together to become musicians in the city of Bremen. The story has endured as a beloved children's tale that celebrates friendship, courage, and the idea that outcasts can find new purpose together.
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Book · Open Library
- Author
- Gerda Muller
- First published
- 2015
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Children's fiction, Fairy tales
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- Bremer Stadtmusikanten.jpg
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- Commons category
- Town musicians of Bremen
- Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
- 130
- title
- Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
- publication date
- 1819-00-00
- catalog code
- KHM 27
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The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (German: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819 (KHM 27).
It tells the story of four ageing domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house. It is a story of Aarne–Thompson Type 130 ("Outcast animals find a new home").