by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Wenn schon alle Vögel schweigen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn schon alle Vögel schweigen In des Sommers schwülem Drang, Sieht man, Lerche, dich noch steigen Himmelwärts mit frischem Klang. Wenn die Bäume all' verzagen Und die Farben rings [verglühn]1, Tannbaum! deine Kronen ragen Aus der Öde ewiggrün. Darum halt nur fest die Treue! Wird die Welt auch alt und bang: Brich den Frühling an aufs neue, Wunder thut ein rechter Klang!
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: title later changed to "Treue"
1 Eichendorff changed this to "verblühn" when the title was changed to "Treue"
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Trost", written 1830, first published 1831 [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 Georg Haeser (1865 - 1945), "Treue" [ 4-part mixed chorus a cappella ], note: despite using Eichendorff's later title "Treue", Haeser uses the first version of the text [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Treue", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 6, published 1885 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Schlesinger  [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-04
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