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[Ihr Vögel]1 im Gesträuch, Wie flattert euer Gesang Den bräunenden Wald entlang -- Ihr Vögel, sputet euch! Bald kommt der Wind, der weht, Bald kommt der Tod, der mäht, Bald kommt das graue Gespenst und lacht, Daß uns das Herz erfriert Und der Garten all seine Pracht Und das Leben all seinen Glanz verliert. Liebe Vögel im Laub, Liebe Brüderlein, Lasset uns singen und fröhlich sein, Bald sind [wir]2 Staub.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 258-259.
1 Kilpinen: "Die Vögel"; Petzold: "Ihr Vöglein"2 Bohner: "wir im"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Herbst", subtitle: "(1919)", written 1919 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gerhard Bohner (b. 1931), "Herbst", published 1958 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Herbst" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für Gesang und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Herbst", op. 93 (Sieben ernste Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 7, published 1962 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Herbst", 1937 [ baritone and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Peter Herrmann (1941 - 2015), "Herbst", 1969, published 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für mittlere Gesangsstimme und Klavier, no. 3, Berlin: Musikverlag Intermezzo [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Holzwarth , "Herbst", 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Herbst", op. 98 no. 2 (1942), from Herbst, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Herbst", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Trost der Nacht - Liederzyklus nach neun Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Ludwig Meyer-Olbersleben (1898 - 1991), "Herbst", 1957 [ voice unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Nahme , "Herbst", 1949 [ soprano and piano ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Petzold , "Herbst" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Schmidt-Teich , "Herbst", 1935-6 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Sechs Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Tenorstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Käthe Schumann , "Herbst", 1950 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Schweikert (b. 1927), "Herbst", published 1959 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Licht und Trost, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Schweikert (b. 1927), "Herbst", 1952 [ alto and instrumental ensemble ], from Über die Felder... : Sechs Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruno Stürmer (1892 - 1958), "Herbst", published 1952 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Siegfried Thide , "Herbst" [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Vogel , "Herbst", 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Würz (1903 - 1995), "Herbst", 1942 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz Zabel , "Herbst", <<1949 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Maria Zwissler (1900 - 1984), "Herbst", op. 10 no. 2 (1935) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Autumn", subtitle: "(1919)", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 69
[Ye birds]1 in the shrubbery, How your singing flutters Along the forest that is growing brown -- Ye birds, make haste! Soon shall come the wind that blows, Soon shall come death that mows, Soon shall come the grey ghost and laugh That our heart freezes within us And the garden loses all its splendour And life loses all its radiance. Dear birds in the foliage, Dear little brethren, Let us sing and be happy, Soon we shall be [dust]2.
Subtitle: "(1919)"
View original text (without footnotes)1 Kilpinen: "The birds"; Petzold: "Ye little birds"
2 Bohner: "in the dust"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Herbst", subtitle: "(1919)", written 1919
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 79