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by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821)

An das Klavier
 (Sung text for setting by J. Kraus)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
  Sei mir gegrüsst mein schmeichelndes Clavier!
Was keine Sprache richtig nennt,
die Krankheit tief in mir
die mir mein Mund bekennt
die klag ich dir!
 
   Dich o Clavier erfand ein Menschenfreund,
ein Mann der traurig war, wie ich.
Er hat, wie ich, geweint!
Voll Kummer schuf er dich
für sich und mich.
 
   Und Heil sei ihm, Vertauter meiner Brust
Heil sei dem Mann, der dich erfand!
Hat ihn, der Schmerz und Lust
an deine Saiten band,
kein Stein genannt

Composition:

    Set to music by Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "An das Klavier", VB 94 (1783) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821), no title, appears in Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen

See other settings of this text.

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 79

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