by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)
Spaziergang
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sie wandelten durch des Waldes Grün. [Vögel]1 singen und Blumen blühn. Ein blasser Mann und ein stilles Kind. Sie schlürfen durstig den Frühlingswind. Und der Knabe bleibt verwundert stehn: „Ich glaub’, ich kann die Mutter sehn.“ Sie starren in das junge Grün ... [Vögel]1 singen und Blumen blühn.
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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Dichtungen, Band 1: Gedicht-Werke, Kösel-Verlag, München, 1963, page 13.
Note (provided by Peter Rastl): Marx composed "Spaziergang" in 1945 (according to his autograph) and not in 1944 (as is claimed in Erik Werba's book).
1 Marx: "Vöglein"Authorship:
- by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Spaziergang" [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 Marx (1882 - 1964), "Spaziergang", 1945, published 1955 [voice and piano], in Das neue Lied, Friedrich Hofmeister Figaro Verlag [ sung text verified 1 time]
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