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Gewaltig endet so das Jahr Mit goldnem Wein und Frucht der Gärten. Rund schweigen Wälder wunderbar Und sind des Einsamen Gefährten. Da sagt der Landmann: Es ist gut. Ihr Abendglocken lang und leise Gebt noch zum Ende frohen Mut. Ein Vogelzug grüßt auf der Reise. Es ist der Liebe milde Zeit. Im Kahn den blauen Fluß hinunter Wie schön sich Bild an Bildchen reiht - Das geht in Ruh und Schweigen unter.
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Confirmed with Die Dichtungen von Georg Trakl. Dritte Auflage der Gesamtausgabe. Verlegt bei Otto Müller Salzburg - Leipzig, page 34.
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Verklärter Herbst", appears in Gedichte 1909 -1913 [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 Walter Abendroth (1896 - 1973), "Verklärter Herbst", op. 29 no. 3 [ baritone and piano ], from Trakl-Triologie für Bariton und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "Verklärter Herbst", published 2006 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Jahreszeiten, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benoît Mernier (b. 1964), "Verklärter Herbst", 2003 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Verklärter Herbst", first performed 1964 [ soprano, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, and violoncello ], from 4 Gesänge nach Texten von Georg Trakl, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "Verklärter Herbst" [ high voice and instrumental ensemble or piano ], from Auch will die Seele stille sich bereiten - Gesänge nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jan Stuten (1890 - 1948), "Verklärter Herbst", published 1936? [ low voice and chamber orchestra or piano ], from Die vier Jahreszeiten, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Herbst" [ voice and string trio ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Verklärter Herbst" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Idyllized Autumn", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne transfiguré", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Luci d'autunno", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71
With grandeur, such the year’s course ends with golden wine and fruit from gardens. Like magic, woods around keep still and are the lonesome one’s companions. The countryman then says: It’s good. You evening bells ring long and quiet to give glad courage to the end. A flock of birds greets on the journey. It is the gentle time of love. In boats downstream the bluey river: How nicely scene to scene is strung - and then is drowned by rest and silence.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), "Verklärter Herbst", appears in Gedichte 1909 -1913
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 82