Wende

Nun ist die Jugend schon verschäumt
und ohne Wiederkehr versunken
ein Teil versonnen und verträumt
ein Teil verbummelt und vertrunken
und die doch kaum mein Eigen war
die Welt der Lieder und der Sterne
ward über nacht mir wunderbar
zu Heimweh, Traum und blauer Ferne

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wende" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Sándor Jemnitz (1890 - 1963), "Wende", op. 15 (Elf Lieder) no. 9, published 1922. [
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• by (Christian) Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Wende", op. 42a no. 12 (1977) [medium voice and piano], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 fülr mittlere Singstimme, no. 12. [
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• by Alfred Toepler (1888 - 1969), "Wende", published 1958 [four-part men's chorus a cappella], from Fünf Sprüche für Männerchor a cappella, no. 4. [
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Text added to the website: 2009-05-15.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:04
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