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In einem Buche blätternd, fand Ich eine Rose, welk, zerdrückt, Und weiß auch nicht mehr, wessen Hand Sie einst für mich gepflücket. Ach, mehr und mehr im Abendhauch Verweht Erinnerung; bald zerstiebt Mein Erdenlos, dann weiß ich auch Nicht mehr, wer mich geliebt.
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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau, Sämmliche Gedichte, herausgegeben von Anastasius Grün, zweiter Band, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta Verlag, 1855, page 257.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Welke Rose", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Fünftes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [author's text checked 2 times 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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Die welke Rose", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 11, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "In einem Buche blätternd", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Welke Rose", op. 38 no. 2, published 1878 [ low voice and piano ], from Lieder der Sehnsucht, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Kleemann , "Welke Rose", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Láska (1847 - 1928), "Welke Rose", op. 15 (Drei Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ high voice and piano ], Bayreuth, Giessel jun. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Nening (b. 1966), "Welke Rose", 1989 [ mezzo-soprano, bass, clarinet, violin, viola, piano ], from cantata Herbstlieder. Kantate nach Texten von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Philipp (1890 - 1972), "Welke Rose", op. 1 no. 2, published 19-? [ alto, string quartet, clarinet, bassoon ], from Lenau-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Alexander Raida (1852 - 1923), "Welke Rose", op. 90 (Drei Lieder für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ baritone and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Renner, jun. (1868 - 1934), "Welke Rose", op. 9 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Innsbruck, Gross [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "Welke Rose", op. 9 (Drei kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Welke Rose", op. 36 no. 22 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 22, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johan Selmer (1844 - 1910), "Welke Rose", op. 29 no. 6, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Eine kleine Anthologie. 10 deutsche Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme und Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Schuberth jr. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Welke Rose", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Welke Rose", op. 36 (Vier Gesänge für 1 höhere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1884 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Welke Rose", op. 16 (Acht Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3 (1891?), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Welke Rose", op. 91 (Dreissig Lieder und Gesänge) no. 14, published 1885 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
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Leafing through a book, I discovered A rose, withered, crushed; And I no longer knew whose hand Had once picked it for me. Ah, more and more in the evening breeze Does Memory drift away; soon my lot in life will be over, and I will no longer know who loved me.
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Translation of title "Welke Rose" = "Withered rose"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Welke Rose", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Fünftes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 52