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by Karl Frey (1880 - 1942), as Konrad Falke

Wenn es in den Bäumen rauscht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn es in den Bäumen rauscht,
Sinkt das Buch mir nieder,
Träumend meine Seele lauscht,
Kindheit kehret wieder. 

Blauer Himmel strahlet weit,
Fast mag ich gesunden  -- 
So war's in der Jugendzeit! 
War  --  sie ist entschwunden . . .

Aus dem grünen Blätterlicht,
Dämmernd eingewoben,
Grüßt' manch' liebes Angesicht,
Wie ein Gruß von oben. 

Sonnig naht Erinnerung,
Hellt das Lebens Düster,
Welt und Herz so frühlingsjung,
Seliges Geflüster . . .

Wenn es in den Bäumen rauscht,
Sinkt das Buch mir nieder,
Träumend meine Seele lauscht:
Kindheit kehret wieder!  

Confirmed with Deutsch-schweizerische Lyrik, ed. by Dr. Alfred Schaer, Zürich: Schultheß & Co., 1907, page 47.


Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Frey (1880 - 1942), as Konrad Falke, "Wenn es in den Bäumen rauscht" [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 von Glenck (1883 - 1952), "Wenn es in den Bäumen rauscht", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 (1901) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 88

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