Oktober | In ihrem schönsten Kleide

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Oktober

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

In ihrem schönsten Kleide
Stehn alle Bäume gelb und rot,
Sie sterben einen leichten Tod,
Sie wissen nichts von Leide.

Herbst, kühle mir das heiße Herz,
Daß es gelinder schlage
Und still durch goldene Tage
Hinüberspiele winterwärts.

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• H. Ruck

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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, page 169.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Oktober", subtitle: "(1908)", written 1908 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Oktober" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für Gesang und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Oktober" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Oktober", op. 22 (Lieder nach Hermann Hesse) no. 3, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Edmund Nick (1891 - 1974), "Oktober", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 4, missing [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Oktober", op. 112 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Schneider (1912 - 1991), "Oktober", op. 44 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1986) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Peter Suitner (b. 1928), "Oktober", op. 115h [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Oktober", published 1926 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Durch Jahr und Tag - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 33 [sung text checked 1 time]

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