Wie nun Alles stirbt und endet

Wie nun Alles stirbt und endet,
Und das letzte Lindenblatt
Müd sich an die Erde wendet
In die warme Ruhestatt.
So auch unser Tun und Lassen,
Was uns zügellos erregt,
Unser Lieben, unser Hassen
Sei zum welken Laub gelegt.

Reiner weißer Schnee, o schneie,
Decke beide Gräber zu,
Daß die Seele uns gedeihe
Still und kühl in Winterruh'!
Bald kommt jene Frühlingswende,
Die allein die Liebe weckt,
Wo der Haß umsonst die Hände
Dräuend aus dem Grabe streckt.

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Authorship

• by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Erster Schnee", first published 1845 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Wie nun Alles stirbt und endet", op. 25 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor a capella oder mit Pianoforte ad lib.) no. 1, published 1888 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella or with piano ad libitum], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [
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• by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Erster Schnee", op. 44 (Gesänge und Balladen) no. 4, published 1885 [low voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [
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• by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Erster Schnee", 1939. [vocal quartet of medium voices] [
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• by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Erster Schnee", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 189-? [voice and piano] [
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