Es läuft der Frühlingswind Durch kahle Alleen, Seltsame Dinge sind In seinem Wehen. Er hat sich gewiegt, Wo Weinen war, Und hat sich geschmiegt In zerrüttetes Haar. Er schüttelt nieder Akazienblüten Und kühlt die Glieder, Die atmend glühten. ... Durch die glatten Kahlen Alleen Treibt sein Wehen Blasse Schatten Und den Duft, Den er gebracht, Von wo er gekommen Seit gestern nacht. 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. ...
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878 - 1941), "Vorfrühling", op. 32 (Drei Lieder) no. 1b, stanzas 1-3,8-9,4-6 [ high voice and piano ], note: we have added the letter b to this title because there is a manuscript of the same music with a different text and title
Text Authorship:
- by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Vorfrühling"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Early spring", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Avant printemps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Annuncio di primavera", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Christoph Gaiser , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-04
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