Ich hörte heute morgen am Klippenhang die Stare schon, sie sangen wie daheim, und doch war es ein andrer Ton, Und blaue Veilchen blühten auf allen Hägeln bis zur See. In meiner Heimat Feldern liegt in den Furchen noch der Schnee. In meiner Stadt im Norden stehn sieben Brücken, grau und greis, an ihre morschen Pfähle treibt dumpf und schütternd jetzt das Eis. Und über graue Wolken es fein und engelslieblich klingt. Und meiner Heimat Kinder verstehen, was die erste Lerche singt.
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Text Authorship:
- by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964) [author's text not yet checked 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 Arnold Ebel (1883 - 1963), "Heimweh", op. 28 no. 8, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Miegel-Lieder, no. 8, Berlin-Leipzig: Verlagsanstalt deutscher Tonkünstler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), "Heimweh", op. 73 no. 3 (1982-3), first performed 1985 [ medium voice and piano ], from 12 Tag- und Nachtlieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Heimweh", 1971 [ soprano, flute and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Flöte und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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