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by Gerhart (Johann Robert) Hauptmann (1862 - 1946)

Weltweh und Himmelssehnsucht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie eine Windesharfe sei deine Seele, Dichter!
Der leiseste Hauch bewege sie,
und ewig müssen die Saiten schwingen im Atem des Weltweh's.
Denn das Weltweh ist die Wurzel der Himmelssehnsucht.
Also steht deiner Lieder Wurzel begründet im Weh der Erde;
doch ihre Scheitel krönet Himmelslicht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gerhart (Johann Robert) Hauptmann (1862 - 1946), appears in Das bunte Buch [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 Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Weltweh und Himmelssehnsucht", op. 113 (Eine Singstimme und ein Cello musizieren. Drei Gedichte von Gerhart Hauptmann) no. 2, published 1943 [ voice and violoncello ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Weltweh und Himmelssehnsucht", op. 27 (Sieben Gesänge nach Gedichten von Gerhart Hauptmann) no. 1 (1897), published 1897 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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