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by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Sei mir gegrüsst mein schmeichelndes...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
  Sei mir gegrüsst mein schmeichelndes Clavier!
Was keine Sprache richtig [nennt]1,
die Krankheit tief in mir
[die nie]2 mein Mund bekennt
[die]3 klag ich dir!
 
   Dich o Clavier erfand ein Menschenfreund,
ein Mann der traurig war, wie ich.
Er hat, wie ich, geweint!
Voll Kummer schuf er dich
für sich [und]4 mich.
 
   Und Heil sei ihm, Vertauter meiner Brust
Heil sei dem Mann, der dich erfand!
Hat ihn, der Schmerz und Lust
an deine Saiten band,
kein Stein [genandt?]5

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Kraus •   M. Paradis 

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1 von Paradis: "denkt"
2 Kraus: "die mir"; von Paradis: "was nie"
3 von Paradis: "dies"
4 von Paradis: "und auch für"
5 Kraus, von Paradis: "genannt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821), no title, appears in Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen [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 Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "An das Klavier", VB 94 (1783) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824), "An das Klavier", 1784-6, from Zwölf Lieder auf ihrer Reise in Musik gesetzt, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "An das Clavier" [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 86

Salut à toi, mon piano flatteur !
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
  Salut à toi, mon piano flatteur !
Ce qu'aucune parole ne peut nommer correctement,
La maladie profonde en moi,
Ce que ma bouche ne confesse jamais
Je m'en plains à toi !

  Ô piano, un ami de l'humanité t'a inventé,
Un homme qui était triste, comme moi.
Comme moi, il a pleuré !
Plein de chagrin il t'a créé
Pour lui-même et moi.

  Et louange à lui, confident de mon cœur,
Louange à l'homme qui t'a inventé !
Celui par qui la douleur et la joie
Ont été liées à tes cordes,
Aucune pierre ne porte son nom ?

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Translation of title "An das Klavier" = "Au piano"

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821), no title, appears in Sophiens Reise von Memel nach Sachsen
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-06
Line count: 15
Word count: 95

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