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Es läuft der Frühlingswind Durch kahle Alleen, Seltsame Dinge sind In seinem Wehn. Er hat sich gewiegt, Wo Weinen war, Und hat sich geschmiegt In zerrüttetes Haar. Er schüttelte nieder Akazienblüten Und kühlte die Glieder, Die atmend glühten. Lippen im Lachen Hat er berührt, Die weichen und wachen Fluren durchspürt. Er glitt durch die Flöte, Als schluchzender Schrei, An dämmernder Röte Flog er vorbei. Er flog mit Schweigen Durch flüsternde Zimmer Und löschte im Neigen Der Ampel Schimmer. Es läuft der Frühlingswind Durch kahle Alleen, Seltsame Dinge sind In seinem Wehn. Durch die glatten Kahlen Alleen Treibt sein Wehen Blasse Schatten Und den Duft, Den er gebracht, Von wo er gekommen Seit gestern nacht.
J. Müller-Hermann sets stanzas 1-3, 8-9, 4-6
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Ausgabe, Herausgegeben von Rudolf Hirsch, Clemens Köttelwesch, Heinz Rölleke, Ernst Zinn, Band 1, Gedichte I, Herausgegeben von Eugene Weber, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 1984, pages 26-27.
Note: the ONB has three handwritten scores of Müller-Hermann's op. 32 no. 1; copy 1 & 2 use Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Vorfrühling" as shown above, while in the third copy the title "Vorfrühling" is struck out and replaced by "Am Strand". The text is not struck out, but under it is written in red ink another text, perhaps by the composer. This title and first line matches the entry in the 1939 Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht published by Hofmeister for op. 32 no. 1, so we have included it in the opus and have added the letter 'a' to distinguish it from the text above. We have also added the letter 'b' to the "Vorfrühling" setting's opus information.
Text Authorship:
- by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Vorfrühling" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-04
Line count: 36
Word count: 120
The springtime wind is running Through bare, tree-lined roads, Curious things are In its blowing. It rocked itself Where there was weeping. And nestled up to Disordered hair. It shook down Acacia blossoms And cooled the limbs That glowed, breathing heavily. It touched Laughing lips, It felt its way through The soft and watchful leas. It glided through the flute As a sobbing cry, It flew past Dawning redness. Silently it flew Through whispering rooms And, inclining itself, extinguished The shimmer of the lamp. The springtime wind is running Through bare, tree-lined roads, Curious things are In its blowing. Through the smooth, Bare, tree-lined roads, Its blowing chases Pale shadows And the scent That it brought From whence it came Since yesterday night.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Vorfrühling"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-07-13
Line count: 36
Word count: 124