So mußt Du allen Dingen Bruder und Schwester sein, Daß sie dich ganz durchdringen, Daß du nicht scheidest Mein und Dein. Kein Stern, kein Laub soll fallen -- Du mußt mit ihm vergehn! So wirst du auch mit allen Allstündlich auferstehn.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 152.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Spruch", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [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 Hermann Ambrosius (1897 - 1983), "Spruch" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Zwei Chöre, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Bässler , "Auferstehen", 1952 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joachim Faber-Krause (b. 1913), "Spruch", published 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Spruch", 1937 [ baritone and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Grunert , "Spruch" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Keller (1907 - 1987), "Spruch", published 1947 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Klug (1905 - 1985), "Spruch", published 1955 [ voice or 2-part children's chorus and piano ], from Kinderdorf Lieder: 1. Heft: Gemeinschaftslieder, Morgenlieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Spruch", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by W. Latsch , "Spruch" [ duet for mezzo-soprano and bass with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Spruch", 1954 [ unaccompanied voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Spruch", <<1961 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran aus: Hermann Hesse, "Vom Baum des Lebens" und "Musik des Einsamen", no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut Paulsen (b. 1909), "Spruch", published 1942 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Texten zeitgenössischer Dichter für mittelhohe Stimme, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Spruch", op. 44 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere Singstimme) no. 1, published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Schlensog (b. 1897), "So mußt du allen Dingen", 1941 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Zwei Sprüche von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Spruch", op. 24 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Acht vermischte Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Käthe Schumann , "Spruch", 1950 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904 - 1985), "Spruch", published 1950 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Chor a cappella, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinz Taubert (1912 - 1990), "Spruch", 1942, published 1962 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Vier Lieder für mittlere Singstimme nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Spruch", published 1960 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Poème gnomique", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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