by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889)
Augenblicke gibt es, zage
Language: German (Deutsch)
Augenblicke gibt es, zage, wo so [grabesstill]1 die Heide, wo der Wald den [Odem]2 anhält wie [in unnennbarem]3 Leide, wo die Wasser klanglos [rauschen]4, Blumenaugen ängstlich starren, [und]5 mir ist, als wär [dies Leben eingeengt]6 in banges Harren, und als müßt' in diese Stille nun ein Donnerschlag erklingen oder tief die Erd' erbeben oder mir das Herz [zerreißen]7.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Glass, Kienzl: "grabesstumm"
2 Glass, Kienzl: "Atem"
3 Glass, Kienzl: "vor namenlosem"
4 Glass, Kienzl: "schleichen"
5 Kienzl: "wo"
6 Glass, Kienzl: "das Leben all' / versenkt"
7 Glass, Kienzl: "zerspringen"
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889) [author's text not yet checked 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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Augenblicke", 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 34 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Augenblicke", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Glass (1864 - 1936), "Augenblicke", op. 38 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Gluth (1852 - 1917), "Augenblicke giebt es zage", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Münster, Bisping & Greve [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ippisch (1883 - 1958), "Augenblicke", 1918 [ low voice and piano ], from 12 ernste Lieder für tiefe Stimme [only 3 exist], no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Augenblicke", op. 55 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Augenblicke", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schön (1855 - 1925), "Augenblicke giebt es", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Instants", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Øyeblikk", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 67