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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Die gesammelten Gedichte: Ausgabe 1917, Hoffenberg, 2018, page 155.

Text Authorship:

• by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "O, deine Hände", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 1920 [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "O, deine Hände sind meine Kinder", op. 6 no. 1 (1923) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Bagatellen für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "O, deine Hände", op. 53 no. 1 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "O, deine Hände", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Deine Hände sind meine Kinder", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 5, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô, tes mains", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
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Word count: 30