Hörtest du denn nicht hinein,
Daß Musik das Haus umschlich?
Nacht war schwer und ohne Schein,
Doch der sanft auf hartem Stein
Lag und spielte, das war ich.

Was ich konnte, sprach ich aus:
"Liebste du, mein Alles Du!"
Östlich brach ein Licht heraus,
Schwerer Tag trieb mich nach Haus,
Und mein Mund ist wieder zu.

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Text Authorship:

• by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), no title, appears in Im Grünen zu singen, no. 1 [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 Erich Anders (1883 - 1955), "Hörtest du denn nicht hinein", op. 27 no. 1, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Im Grünen zu singen. Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Jatho-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Frankenburger (1897 - 1984), "Hörtest du denn nicht hinein", from Im Grünen zu singen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Albin Fries (b. 1955), "Hörtest du denn nicht hinein", op. 36 (Lieder) no. 1 (2013), first performed 2013 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor Junk (1875 - 1948), "Im Grünen zu singen", copyright © 1936 [ voice and piano ], from Vier heitere Lieder, no. 2, Wien : Leipzig : Europäischer Verlag; note: this may be the wrong poem for this title (there are three possibilities) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Hörtest du denn nicht hinein", 1916 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Werner Egk (1901 - 1983), "Im Grünen zu singen", published 1921-1923 [ voice and piano ]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Non lo sentivi dunque", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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