by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

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.

Composition:

    Set to music 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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 23