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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Über die Welt kommt Stille
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Über die Welt kommt Stille,
Das Dunkel wiegt sie ein.
Geschähe mir mein Wille,
Stille, ach, stille,
Wie gerne wollt' ich sein!

Je stiller die Vögel schweigen,
Je lauter schreit mein Herz.
Sanft geht der Sterne Reigen,
Ach, und sie neigen
Sich fremd herab zu meinem Schmerz.

Schlagt auf, ihr Sternenflammen!
Im Dunkeln seh' ich so klar
Seine Augen, die mich verdammen,
Ach, und zusammen
Bricht Alles, was mein Leben war!

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•   F. Wüllner 

F. Wüllner sets stanzas 1-3, 1

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Meleager, first published 1854 [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 Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "Kleopatra's Lied", op. 22 (Zwei Lieder für hohe Stimme) no. 2, published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Über die Welt kommt Stille", op. 22 no. 5 (1864), published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge von Paul Heyse, no. 5, Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Lied der Kleopatra aus "Meleager", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benno Stolzenberg (1827 - 1908), "Kleopatra's Lied", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Über die Welt kommt Stille", op. 38 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876, stanzas 1-3,1 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 71

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