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Apókryphos

by Bernard Rands (b. 1934)

Mein Volk

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Fels wird morsch, 
Dem ich entspringe 
Und meine Gotteslieder singe... 
Jäh stürz ich vom Weg 
Und riesele ganz in mir 
Fernab, allein über Klagegestein 
Dem Meer zu.

Hab mich so abgeströmt 
Von meines Blutes 
Mostvergorenheit. 
Und immer, immer noch der Widerhall 
In mir, 
Wenn schauerlich gen Ost 
Das morsche Felsgebein, 
Mein Volk, 
Zu Gott schreit.

Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Mein Volk", appears in Der siebente Tag, appears in Hebräische Balladen, no. 2, appears in Meine Wunder, Verlag für Kunst Berlin, Amelangsche Buchhandlung, first published 1905 [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):

Set by Bernard Rands (b. 1934), 2002, published 2003 [ soprano, mixed chorus, orchestra ]

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Norbert Oellers, Heinze Rölleke und Itta Shedletzky, Band 1 Gedichte, bearbeitet von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki unter Mitarbeit von Norbert Oellers, Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996, pages 96-97 (Der siebente Tag) and page 157 (Hebräische Balladen).


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