Abbitte | Heilig Wesen! gestört hab' ich die goldene

Heilig Wesen! gestört hab' ich die...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG ENG FRE

Heilig Wesen! gestört hab' ich die goldene 
  Götterruhe dir oft, und der geheimeren,
    Tieferen Schmerzen des Lebens
      Hast du manche gelernt von mir.

O vergiß es, vergib! gleich dem Gewölke dort
  Vor dem friedlichen Mond, geh' ich dahin, und du
    Ruhst und glänzt in deiner
      Schöne wieder, du süßes Licht!

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• H. Apostel • J. Hauer • H. Pfitzner • W. Rihm

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Confirmed with Friedrich Hölderlin, Sämtliche Gedichte und Hyperion, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1999, page 198.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Abbitte", written 1798, appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [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 Hans Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "Abbitte", op. 9 no. 3, published 1941 [ low voice and orchestra ], Wien: Universal-Edition, No. 11267 (Klavier-Auszug) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Abbitte", op. 4 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (c1905) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Abbitte", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 7 (1995-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979), "Abbitte", 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Abbitte", op. 109 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 5 (1939) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Abbitte", 1939 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Abbitte", 1933 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge nach Worten von Hölderlin, no. 3, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Abbitte", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 (1914) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Heiss (1897 - 1966), "Abbitte" [sung text not yet checked]
by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "Abbitte" [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder im Volkston und Abbitte, no. 3, from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Erwin Löwenfeld (1882 - 1949), as Erwin Lendvai, "Abbitte", op. 2a no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Romantisches Liederbuch I. Folge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Abbitte", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Abbitte", op. 29 no. 1 (1921) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Abbitte", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Hölderlin-Gedichte, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johanna Senfter (1879 - 1961), "Abbitte", op. 120 no. 3 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge von Hölderlin, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Abbitte", 1908 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Heilig Wesen", 1919 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Wiener (1891 - 1942), "Abbitte", op. 11b no. 1 (1918) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by Pierre Jean Jouve (1887 - 1976) , "Pardon (Imploration)", appears in Poèmes de la folie d'Hölderlin, in Poèmes de plusieurs époques, Paris, Éd. Fourcade, first published 1929-30, copyright © ; composed by Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
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