Eine schmale, weiße Eine sanfte, leise Wolke weht im Blauen hin. Senke Deinen Blick und fühle Selig sie mit weißer Kühle Dir durch blaue Träume ziehn.
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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 56.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die leise Wolke", written 1900 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Bauer , "Die leise Wolke", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Baumann , "Die leise Wolke", op. 308 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 2. Folge) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Förster (1890 - 1952), "Die leise Wolke", 1948 [ high voice and piano ], from Ernster Wanderer. Neun Gesänge für hohe Singstimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Die leise Wolke", 1955-7, published 1960 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walther Hecklinger , "Die leise Wolke", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Kioulaphides (b. 1961), "Die leise Wolke" [ counter-tenor, guitar, and mandolin ], from Hesse Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Die leise Wolke", op. 22 (Lieder nach Hermann Hesse) no. 6, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oscar Lohse , "Die leise Wolke ", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bernhard Paumgartner (1887 - 1971), "Die leise Wolke", published 1956 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], in the collection Lieder Salzburger Komponisten [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Günter Raphael (1903 - 1960), "Die leise Wolke ", 1951 [ high voice and piano ], from Acht Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für hohe Stimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Günter Raphael (1903 - 1960), "Die leise Wolke ", op. 72 no. 5 (<<1957) [ high voice and orchestra or piano ], from Acht Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für hohe Stimme und Orchester, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gottfried Rüdinger (1886 - 1946), "Die leise Wolke ", op. 30 no. 6, published 1922 [ alto and piano ], from Spätblau - Ein Liederkreis nach Hermann Hesse für eine Alt-Stimme, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Die leise Wolke ", op. 24 no. 5 [ medium voice and piano ], from Acht vermischte Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frank Steiner , "Die leise Wolke " [ voice and piano ], from Der Blütenzweig - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Die leise Wolke ", published 1931 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Rosen am Weg - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Weber (1901 - 1970), "Die leise Wolke", published 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El núvol lleuger", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The quiet cloud", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuage léger", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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