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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Lenzfahrt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Am Himmel wächst der Sonne Glut,
Aufquillt der See, das Eis zersprang,
Das erste Segel teilt die Flut,
Mir schwillt das Herz wie Segeldrang.

Zu wandern ist das Herz verdammt,
Das seinen Jugendtag versäumt,
Sobald die Lenzessonne flammt,
Sobald die Welle wieder schäumt.

Verscherzte Jugend ist ein Schmerz
Und einer ew'gen Sehnsucht Hort,
Nach seinem Lenze sucht das Herz
In einem fort, in einem fort!

Und ob die Locke mir ergraut
Und bald das Herz wird stille stehn,
Noch muß es, [wann]1 die Welle blaut,
Nach seinem Lenze wandern gehn.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Marx •   A. Schibler 

A. Schibler sets stanzas 1-2, 4

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Verlag von H. Haessel, Leipzig, 1882, page 10.

1 Marx: "wenn"

Text Authorship:

  • by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Lenzfahrt" [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 Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Lenzfahrt", op. 20 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1888 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Lenzfahrt", op. 31 (Fünfzehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Lenzfahrt", 1909, published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.22 [sung text checked 2 times]
  • by Armin Schibler (1920 - 1986), "Lenzfahrt", op. 48 no. 3 (1956-8), stanzas 1-2,4 [ soli, mixed chorus, men's chorus, and orchestra ], from oratorio Media in vita, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Lenzfahrt", op. 54 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1927 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Böhm & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Lenzfahrt", op. 60 no. 8 (1946) [ medium voice and piano ], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 8, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Caroline Diehl

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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