Erkenne deines Wesens Werdelauf:
Wandrung und Wandlung deiner Traumgestalten!
Das Eine wird und wächst im Ganzen auf,
Und so bleibt alles wundersam erhalten.

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Note: this poem was later revised. This is the first version.

Composition:

Set to music by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Erkenne deines Wesens", op. 30 (13 Lieder) no. 5 (1924) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

• by Hans Reinhart (1880 - 1963), "Das Jahr des Jüngers", Gesammelte Gedichte aus den Jahren 1900-1920. Erlenbach-Zürich ; Leipzig : Rotapfel-Verlag, first published 1921

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Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

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