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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Wie nun Alles stirbt und endet
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie nun Alles stirbt und endet,
Und das letzte Lindenblatt
Müd sich an die Erde wendet
In die warme Ruhestatt.
So auch unser Tun und Lassen,
Was uns [zügellos]1 erregt,
Unser Lieben, unser Hassen
Sei [zum welken]2 Laub gelegt.

Reiner weißer Schnee, o schneie,
[Decke]3 beide Gräber zu,
Daß die Seele uns gedeihe
Still und kühl in [Winterruh']4!
Bald kommt jene Frühlingswende,
Die allein die Liebe weckt,
Wo der Haß umsonst die Hände
Dräuend aus dem Grabe streckt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   S. Hausegger •   H. von Herzogenberg 

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1 Herzogenberg: "heiß und wild"
2 Herzogenberg: "in's welke"
3 Herzogenberg: "Schneie"
4 Hausegger: "Wintersruh'"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Erster Schnee", first published 1845 [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Wie nun Alles stirbt und endet", op. 25 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor a capella oder mit Pianoforte ad lib.) no. 1, published 1888 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella or with piano ad libitum ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Erster Schnee" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Erster Schnee", op. 44 (Gesänge und Balladen) no. 4, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Erster Schnee", 1939 [ vocal quartet of medium voices ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Erster Schnee", op. 94 no. 1 (2003) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gottfried Keller, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Erster Schnee", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Erster Schnee", op. 18 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Claus-Christian Schuster [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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