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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Die Kindheit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Wenn]1 die Abendröthe
Dorf und Hain umwallt,
Und die Weidenflöte
Hell zum [Reigen schallt]2;
Deine Lenzgefühle
Wähn' ich dann erneut,
Du, der Knabenspiele
Süße Blumenzeit!

Wie der Mond aus grauer
Nebeldämmrung Flor,
Hebt aus öder Trauer
Sich mein Geist empor,
[Wenn]1 mit Spiel und Tanze
Mir dein [Morgenbild]3
Sich im Rosenglanze
Zauberisch [enthüllt]4,

Ach! mit welchem Reize
Dämmert das Revier
Stiller Todtenkreuze,
Kindheit, neben dir!
Deine Nacht voll Sorgen
Dunkelt schon von fern,
Der Vollendung Morgen
Folgt kein Abendstern.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Nägeli •   K. Zelter 

H. Nägeli sets stanzas 1-2

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Nägeli: "Wann"
2 Nägeli, Zelter: "Tanz erschallt"
3 Nägeli, Zelter: "Maigefild'"
4 Zelter: "umhüllt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Kindheit", appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794) [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 Robert Dornheckter , "Die Kindheit", op. 16 (Drei Chorgesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1877 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Die Kindheit ", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Die Kindheit", published [1799], stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, dritte Sammlung, Zürich: Nägeli, pages 12 - 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by F. Partzsch , "Die Kindheit ", published [c1830] [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Die Kindheit", Z 120 no. 2, published 1796 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Lieder, no. 2, Berlin und Leipzig, Carl August Nicolai [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 85

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