Musik des Weltalls und Musik der Meister Sind wir bereit in Ehrfurcht anzuhören, Zu reiner Feier die verehrten Geister Begnadeter Zeiten zu beschwören. Wir lassen vom Geheimnis uns erheben Der magischen Formelschrift, in deren Bann Das Uferlose, Stürmende, das Leben Zu klaren Gleichnissen gerann. Sternbildern gleich ertönen sie kristallen, In ihrem Dienst ward unserm Leben Sinn, Und keiner kann aus ihren Kreisen fallen Als nach der heiligen Mitte hin.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Wilhelm Bein (1883 - 1966), "Vorspruch", published 1958 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Das Glasperlenspiel", written 1933
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "काचमणिक्रीडा", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
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