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"Noch einmal spielt die Orgel mir, Mein alter Nachbarsmann! Versucht es, ob ihr frommer Schall Mein Herz erquicken kann!" Die Kranke bat, der Nachbar spielt, So spielt' er nie vorher, So rein, so herrlich, nein! er kennt Sein eigen Spiel nicht mehr. Es ist ein fremder, sel'ger Klang, Der seiner Hand entbebt, Er hält mit Grauen ein, da war Der Freundin Geist entschwebt.
Confirmed with Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 141
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Die Orgel", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 2 [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 Max Chop , "Die Orgel", published 1895 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Haase , "Die Orgel", op. 2 no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyklus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Elberfeld, Küpper [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Paumgartner , "Die Orgel", published 1890 [ female voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte, no. 2, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Die Orgel", op. 215 no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Sterbeklänge, no. 2, Wien, Schreiber [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Die Orgel", op. 3 (Fünf Gesänge für eine mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1873 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The organ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'orgue", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
"Play the organ for me once more, My old neighbour! Let us see if its pious sound Can refresh my heart!” The invalid pleaded, the neighbour played; He had never played thus before, So purely, so gloriously, no! he no longer Recognizes his own playing. It is a foreign, blessed sound, That trembles forth from his hand. He stops in dread, at that moment his friend’s Spirit had flown forth.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Die Orgel", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 70