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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Schlimme Zeichen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Im Walde, da flüstern
Die Bäume so bang,
Und der Wind streicht so scheu
An den Hängen entlang,
Und die Sonne am Himmel,
Die leuchtet so roth --
O weh meiner Seele
Mein Liebster ist todt.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 211.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Schlimme Zeichen", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Nach Jahren, no. 36 [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 Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Schlimme Zeichen", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1903-4) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Schlimme Zeichen", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4, from Zwölf Lieder von Anna Ritter für eine Mittelstimme (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Leipzig: Hofmeister (1909 - Zwölf Lieder); Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Company (1998 - Sieben Lieder) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (1882 - 1942), as Lio Hans, "Schlimme Zeichen", published 1912 [ baritone and piano ], from Sturm, no. 2, Leipzig : L. Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julie Schnitzler , "Schlimme Zeichen" [ high voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimmme mit Klavier, no. 3, Köln a/Rh. : P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evil omens", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mauvais signe", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

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