by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
Tag meines Lebens!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Tag meines Lebens! Die Sonne sinkt. Schon steht die glatte Flut vergüldet. Warm atmet der Fels: schlief wohl zu Mittag das Glück auf ihm seinen Mittagsschlaf? In grünen Lichtern spielt Glück noch der braune Abgrund herauf. Tag meines Lebens! Gen Abends gehts! Schon glüht dein Auge halb gebrochen, schon quillt deines Taues Tränengeträufel, schon läuft still über weiße Meere deine Liebe Purpur, deine letzte zögernde Seeligkeit.
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- by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), no title, appears in Dionysos-Dithyramben, in 3. Die Sonne sinkt, no. 2 [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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Die Sonne sinkt", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Die Sonne sinkt", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Die Sonne sinkt", 1939 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Krug (1844 - 1902), "Die Sonne sinkt" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Mattiesen (1875 - 1939), "Die Sonne sinkt", op. 2 (Zwölf Gedichte ; für eine Singstimme und Klavier) no. 4, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig : Edition Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Die Sonne sinkt", op. 320 (Fünf Lieder nach Friedrich Nietzsche) no. 1 (2021) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Tag meines Lebens!", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Dichtungen von Friedrich Nietzsche, no. 6, Stockholm, Lundquist [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Tag meines Lebens", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern) no. 2, published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Zwintscher (1871 - 1946), "Die Sonne sinkt", published 1900 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Dionysos-Dithyramben für Baryton und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, (Jost) [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Die Sonne sinkt", 1931 [ baritone and piano ], unpublished
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Day of my Life-Tide"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 69