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Geheimnißvoller Klang, Für Geister der Luft besaitet, Von keines Menschen Gesang, Von Stürmen nur begleitet. In deinen Tiefen sind Die Melodien der Sterne, -- So ruft ein weinend Kind Der Mutter in die Ferne. Laute der [Trösterin Einsamkeit]1! So [ziehen]2 über [Fluthen]3 Schwäne, So [wiegt in Träume]4 [der]5 Seligkeit Die schmerzenstillenden Thräne.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Lingg, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1869, page 130.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Äolsharfe" becomes "Aeolsharfe", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Äolsharfe". Note as well that modern German would change some spellings including "Geheimnißvoller" -> "Geheimnisvoller", "Fluthen" -> "Fluten", "Thräne" -> "Träne", etc.
1 Reger: "Trösterin der Einsamkeit"2 Reger: "zieh'n"
3 Sandberger: "die Fluthen"
4 Sandberger: "liegt im Traume"
5 Reger: "die"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern [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 Louis Bödecker (1845 - 1899), "Äolsharfe", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Äolsharfe", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 11 (1903) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Sandberger (1864 - 1943), "Äolsharfe", op. 14 (Drei Lieder nach Dichtungen von Hermann Lingg für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Arpa eòlica", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Aeolian Harp", copyright © 2024
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , " Harpe éolienne", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Donderwinkel , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 56
So misteriós, encordat per als esperits de l’aire, acompanyat per cap cant humà, només per les tempestes. En els teus tons greus es troben les melodies dels estels, -- com un infant que plora i crida la mare que és lluny. Sons de la que conhorta la solitud! Així neden els cignes damunt les aigües, així es bressen en somnis de benaurança les llàgrimes que assuaugen les penes.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 67