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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Stumm ist der Schmerz und stumm das...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Stumm ist der Schmerz und stumm das Hassen,
nur sangreich ist der Liebe Lust.
Wie kann ich unbesungen lassen,
was liebend lebt in meiner Brust?

Sie lebt in ihrer Engelsschöne,
ein Blütenkelch der Maienzeit;
ihr Athem weckt des Liedes Töne,
und jeder Ton ist Seligkeit.

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•   H. Proch 

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Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke, Volumes 1-2, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1890, page 215.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, written 1833, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben, in Liebe und Leid, no. 1 [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 Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Liebestöne", op. 50 (3 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Liebestöne", op. 131, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-10
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