by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956)
Trug
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nun wieder müde Hände, nun wieder müde Beine, ein Dunkel ohne Ende, ich lache, dass die Wände sich drehen, doch dies eine ist Lüge, denn ich weine.
Authorship:
- by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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 Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Trug", 1990/1 [counter-tenor, clarinet, accordion, and contrabass], from Beiseit: Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Robert Walser, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christoph Neidhöfer (b. 1967), "Trug", 1995 [soprano and violoncello], from Vier Lieder nach Robert Walser, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 27