Con sordino | Mir zittern die Saiten

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Mir zittern die Saiten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Mir zittern die Saiten
Und stimmen die Weise an,
Die ich für dich vorzeiten,
Die ich für dich in einem Mai
Aus lauter Glück ersann.

Ich führe den Bogen
So scheu und leis gespannt,
Wie ich ihn da gezogen,
Da ich in einer fernen Nacht
Vor deinem Fenster stand.

Mein Herz ist beklommen
Von Liedern andrer Zeit --
Weiß Gott, wie das gekommen,
Daß mir aus deiner Liebe ward
So eitel Weh und Leid.

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 47-48.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Con sordino", written 1899, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in An die Schönheit, in Der Geiger, no. 2, first published 1919 [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 Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Con sordino", op. 3 no. 2 (1948) [ voice, piano, and violin ], from Der Geiger - Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Eduard Göttl , "Con sordino", op. 41, published 1911 [ four-part men's chorus and viola or harmonium ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Kurt Hessenberg (1908 - 1994), "Con sordino", op. 80 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 (<<1966) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Artur Hoffmann (1864 - 1931), "Con sordino" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Con sordino", 1904, published 1915 [ tenor and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, III. Folge, Nr.12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Con sordino", published 1916 [ high male voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Nahme , "Con sordino ", 1949 [ voice, violin, and piano ], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Wolfgang Sachsse (1891 - 1960), "Aria - Con sordino ", op. 17 no. 2 [ baritone, violin, and piano ], from Partita für Violine, Bariton und Klavier auf die Worte des Zyklus "Der Geiger" von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Rudolf Semmler (1904 - 1988), "Con sordino", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für hohe Stimme) no. 2 (1928), published 1942 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alfred Stier (1880 - 1968), "Con sordino ", <<1954 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Con sordino ", published 1931 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Sonne im Herbst - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 42 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul Zoll (1907 - 1978), "Con sordino", published 1959 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Ode an die Musik - Kantate für Soli, Chor und Orchester , no. 2d [sung text checked 1 time]

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