Regen | Geht ein grauer Mann

by Johannes Schlaf (1862 - 1941)

Regen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Geht ein grauer Mann 
Durch den stillen Wald,
Singt ein graues Lied.
Die Vöglein schweigen alsbald.
Die Fichten ragen so stumm und schwül
Mit ihrem schweren Astgewühl.
In fernen Tiefen 
Vergrollt ein Ton. --

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Text Authorship:

by Johannes Schlaf (1862 - 1941), "Regen" [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Regen", 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 53 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul Juon (1872 - 1940), "Regen", op. 21 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 (1907) [ medium voice and piano ], Robert Lienau Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Viktor Merz (b. 1891), "Regen", published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 5, Leipzig, C.F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Regen", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1910), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], München: Wunderhorn-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Regen", op. 11 (5 Lieder) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Regen", 1931 [ soprano and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

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