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by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821)

Sei mir gegrüsst mein schmeichelndes...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
  Sei mir gegrüsst mein schmeichelndes Clavier!
Was keine Sprache richtig [nennt]1,
die Krankheit tief in mir
[die nie]2 mein Mund bekennt
[die]3 klag ich dir!
 
   Dich o Clavier erfand ein Menschenfreund,
ein Mann der traurig war, wie ich.
Er hat, wie ich, geweint!
Voll Kummer schuf er dich
für sich [und]4 mich.
 
   Und Heil sei ihm, Vertauter meiner Brust
Heil sei dem Mann, der dich erfand!
Hat ihn, der Schmerz und Lust
an deine Saiten band,
kein Stein [genandt?]5

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Kraus •   M. Paradis 

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1 von Paradis: "denkt"
2 Kraus: "die mir"; von Paradis: "was nie"
3 von Paradis: "dies"
4 von Paradis: "und auch für"
5 Kraus, von Paradis: "genannt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821), no title, appears in Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen [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 Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "An das Klavier", VB 94 (1783) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824), "An das Klavier", 1784-6, from Zwölf Lieder auf ihrer Reise in Musik gesetzt, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "An das Clavier" [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 86

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