by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)
Das Ende des Festes
Language: German (Deutsch)
Da mit Sokrates die Freunde tranken Und die Häupter auf die Polster sanken, Kam ein Jüngling, kann ich mich entsinnen, Mit zwei schlanken Flötenbläserinnen. Aus den Kelchen schütten wir die Neigen. Die gesprächesmüden Lippen schweigen. Um die welken Kränze zieht ein Singen... Still, des Todes Schlummerflöten klingen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Das Ende des Festes" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Armin Schibler (1920 - 1986), "Das Ende des Festes", op. 48 no. 15 (1956-8) [contralto and orchestra], from the oratorio Media in vita, no. 15, note: omitted from the revised version of Media in vita [text verified 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Das Ende des Festes", op. 60 no. 15 (1946) [medium voice and piano], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 15, Wien: Universal Edition [text verified 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Das Ende des Festes", 1963. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The end of the feast", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La fin de la fête", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , title 1: "Deireadh an tSéire", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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