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by Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806 - 1869)

Ein Tropfen fällt ‑‑ es klingt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein Tropfen fällt  --  es klingt
Das Meer nur leise,
Die Stelle wird umringt
Von Kreis' an Kreise. 

Und weiter, immer mehr,
Nun ruht es wieder.  
Wo kam der Tropfe her?
Wo fiel er nieder? 

Es war ein Leben nur
Und nur ein Sterben, 
Und kam, auch eine Spur
Sich zu erwerben.

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Confirmed with Neuere Gedichte von Wilhelm Wackernagel, 1832 - 1841, Zürich und Frauenfeld: Ch. Beyel, 1842. Appears in Erstes Buch. 1832, page 45.


Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806 - 1869), "Nur ein Leben", written 1832, appears in Neuere Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch. 1832, Zürich und Frauenfeld: Ch. Beyel, first published 1842 [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 Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 - 1900), "Der Tropfen", op. 35 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 3, published 1842, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theobald Kretschmann (1850 - 1919), "Der Tropfen", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]

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