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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Stumm ist der Schmerz und stumm das...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Stumm ist der Schmerz und stumm das Hassen,
nur sangreich ist der Liebe Lust.
[Wie kann ich unbesungen lassen,
was liebend lebt]1 in meiner Brust?

Sie lebt in ihrer Engelsschöne,
ein Blütenkelch der Maienzeit;
ihr Athem weckt des Liedes Töne,
und jeder Ton ist Seligkeit.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Proch 

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Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke, Volumes 1-2, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1890, page 215.

1 Proch: "d'rum muss ich's auch in Worte fassen,/ wie Liebe glüht"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, written 1833, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Liebe und Leid, no. 1 [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 Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Liebestöne", op. 50 (3 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Liebestöne", op. 131, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

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