Herbst | Nun ist es Herbst, die Blätter fallen

Nun ist es Herbst, die Blätter fallen

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Nun ist es Herbst, die Blätter fallen,
  Den Wald durchbraust des Scheidens Weh;
Den Lenz und seine Nachtigallen
  [Versäumt']¹ ich auf der wüsten See.

Der Himmel schien so mild, so helle,
  Verloren ging sein warmes Licht;
Es blühte nicht die Meereswelle,
  Die rohen Winde sangen nicht.

Und mir verging die Jugend traurig,
  Des Frühlings Wonne blieb versäumt;
Der Herbst durchweht mich trennungsschaurig,
  Mein Herz dem Tod entgegenträumt.

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Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Herbst", written 1833, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Herbst [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 Carl Heinrich Döring (1834 - 1916), "Herbst", op. 62 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "Herbst ", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 13, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Hagemann (b. 1863), "Herbst", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Köln, vom Ende [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Machts (1846 - 1903), "Herbstlied", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Herbst", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Herbst ", op. 20 no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
by Wolfgang Nening (b. 1966), "Herbst", 1989 [ mezzo-soprano, bass, clarinet, violin, viola, piano ], from cantata Herbstlieder. Kantate nach Texten von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920), "Herbst", 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by George Posca , "Herbstlied", op. 14 ([Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Herbst", JWV 137 no. 1 (1862), published 2019 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Ruschke , "Herbst", op. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Aus tiefster Seele. Lieder-Album für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Carl Rühle [sung text not yet checked]
by J. Schaureck , "Herbst", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Herbstgefühl", op. 11 (Drei Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Herbst" [sung text checked 1 time]

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