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by Charles Biedermann (1856 - 1901)

Lawine
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Hochgebirg um die Mitternacht
Hat der Mörder den Wandrer umgebracht!
Den Leib, den wirft er zur tiefsten Schlucht
Und wendet sich feige zu jäher Flucht!

Doch des Opfers letzter, ersterbender Ton,
Er fand zu dem Ohre des Rächers sich schon.
Er hat den alten Berggeist erweckt,
Der hat zur Rache die Hand gereckt.

Kaum erreicht der Frevler den Teufelstein,
Da heult schon die Windsbraut hinter ihm drein.
Da donnert's, da fährt die Lawine herab,
Und reisst ihn rücklings in's eisige Grab!

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Biedermann (1856 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked 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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Lawine", op. 67 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ medium voice, piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 82

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