by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Alles ist innig
Language: German (Deutsch)
Alles ist innig
Das scheidet
So birgt der Dichter
Verwegner! möchtest von Angesicht zu Angesicht
die Seele sehn
Du gehest in Flammen unter.
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- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Gestalt und Geist" [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 György Kurtág (b. 1926), "Gestalt und Geist", op. 35a no. 3 (1997) [ baritone, trombone, tuba ], from Hölderlin-Gesänge, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lars-Henrik Nysten (b. 1969), "Gestalt und Geist", 1998, from Vier Fantasiestücke für Klavier und Sopranstimme nach Friedrich Hoelderlin, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Gestalt und Geist - Fragment 22", 1976-7, from Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001) , "Form and spirit", appears in Hölderlin's Madness, first published 1938, copyright © ; composed by Eric Hudes.
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