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O schau, sie schweben wieder Wie leise Melodien Vergessener schöner Lieder Am blauen Himmel hin! Kein Herz kann sie verstehen, Dem nicht auf langer Fahrt Ein Wissen von allen Wehen Und Freuden des Wanderns ward. Ich liebe die Weißen, Losen Wie Sonne, Meer und Wind, Weil sie der Heimatlosen Schwestern und Engel sind.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse. Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 123.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Weisse Wolken", written 1902 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Oskar Baumann , "Weiße Wolken", op. 309 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 2. Folge) no. 5 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Beckert , "Weiße Wolken", 1948-9 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Brust (1900 - 1968), "Weiße Wolken", op. 81 no. 6, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Musik des Einsamen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm von Eicken , "Weiße Wolken" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Weiße Wolken" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Esther Gutknecht , "Weiße Wolken", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Hagemeyer , "Weiße Wolken", published 1958 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Krause (1889 - ?), "Weiße Wolken", op. 38 no. 3, published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhold Laquai (1894 - 1957), "Weiße Wolken", published 1956?, from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, Heft 1, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Mattiesen (1875 - 1939), "Weiße Wolken", op. 11 no. 1, published 190-?, from Stille Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Müller , "Weiße Wolken ", 1929 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eugen Papst (1886 - 1956), "Weiße Wolken " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Weiße Wolken " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Rinaldini (1893 - 1977), "Weiße Wolken ", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Johannes Schmitz , "Weiße Wolken" [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Schoendlinger (1919 - 1983), "Weiße Wolken ", published 1954 [ children's chorus with or without instrumental ensemble ], from Sechs Lieder für Kinderchor mit oder ohne Instrumente, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinz Taubert (1912 - 1990), "Weiße Wolken", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Weiße Wolken ", published 1931 [ voice and guitar or lute ], from Sonne im Herbst - Lieder zur Gitarre (Laute), no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Weiße Wolken", 1963 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Weiße Wolken", 1949 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "White clouds", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
Oh look, they drift again Like quiet melodies Of forgotten, beautiful songs Along the blue heavens! No heart can understand them That has not, upon a long journey, Acquired a knowledge Of all the pains and joys of wandering. I love the white, diffuse ones Like sun, ocean, and wind, Because they are the sisters and angels Of those people who are homeless.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Weisse Wolken", written 1902
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 63