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Weil ich ein Sänger bin, so frag ich nicht Warum die Welt so still nun meinem Ohr; Die eine, die geliebte Stimme fehlt, Für die nur alles andre war der Chor.
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Confirmed with Storms Werke, herausgegeben von Theodor Hertel, ertes Band, Mehers Klassiker-Ausgaben, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig und Wien, 1918, page 105.
Authorship
- by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), no title, appears in Tiefe Schatten, no. 4 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Weil ich ein Sänger bin", op. 95 no. 4 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder "Tiefe Schatten!" von Theodor Storm für eine Singstimme mit Clavierbegleitung, no. 4, Wien, Wiener Musik-Verlagshaus [text not verified]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Parce que je suis un chanteur", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-21
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Parce que je suis un chanteur, je ne demande pas Pourquoi le monde est maintenant si silencieux à mes oreilles ; Une seule, la voix bien-aimée manque, Pour laquelle tout le reste était le chœur.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Pierre Mathé, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), no title, appears in Tiefe Schatten, no. 4
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 35