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Auch zu mir kommst du einmal, Du vergißt mich nicht, Und zu Ende ist die Qual Und die Kette bricht. Noch erscheinst du fremd und fern, Lieber Bruder Tod. Stehest als ein kühler Stern Über meiner Not. Aber einmal wirst du nah Und voll Flammen sein -- Komm, Geliebter, ich bin da, Nimm mich, ich bin dein.
G. Schumann sets stanza 1
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 251.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bruder Tod", written 1918, first published 1920 [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 Wolfgang Rolf Ackermann , "Der Wanderer an den Tod", <<1957 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dietrich Ammende (1901 - 1980), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Auf Wanderung - Ein Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Barth-Planitz (1897 - ?), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", 1947 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Bauer , "Bruder Tod", 1943-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Baumann , "Bruder Tod", op. 311 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 4. Folge) no. 2 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Albert Broechin (1894 - 1965), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", published 1926 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Brunner , "Wanderer an den Tod", op. 46 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 (<<1954) [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Bruder Tod", published 1963 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", op. 93 (Sieben ernste Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 6, published 1962 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Ebner (1896 - ?), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", op. 154 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 (1957) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joachim Faber-Krause (b. 1913), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", published 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Bruder Tod", op. 157 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1961), orchestrated 1966 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Haegi (1898 - ?), "Bruder Tod", 1946 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Hasse (1883 - 1960), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", op. 45 no. 5, published 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jakob Herrmann (b. 1908), "Auch zu mir", 1948 [ bass and orchestra ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Jesinghaus (1902 - 1966), "Der Wanderer an den Tod aus Wanderung", op. 24a no. 1 (1927) [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elsa Loacker Jones , "Der Wanderer an den Tod", <<1961 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Krietsch (1904 - 1969), "Bruder Tod", published 1953 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Bruder Tod" [ voice and piano ], from Trost der Nacht - Ein Zyklus in fünf Liedern nach Worten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Lange (1884 - 1960), "Bruder Tod ", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Mader (b. 1930), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Maurer (1898 - 1959), "Bruder Tod " [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter A. Pfeiffer , "Der Wanderer an den Tod", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Bruder Tod " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Rückler , "An den Tod" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", op. 27 no. 1 (1934), first performed 1935 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Lieder des Todes, 2. Folge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Xaver Schlaud (1912 - 1967), "Bruder Tod ", published 1951 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Schlensog (b. 1897), "Bruder Tod ", <<1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Bruder Tod ", op. 36 no. 6 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Nacht- und Todeslieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Der Wanderer auf den Tod", op. 41 no. 8 [ high voice and piano ], from Wanderung - Eine Liederfolge für hohe Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Der Wanderer an den Tod", 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Schumann (b. 1914), "Bruder Tod ", stanza 1 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", op. 6 no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Vogel , "Auch zu mir kommst Du einmal", 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Der Wanderer an den Tod", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Wiemer (b. 1902), "Der Wanderer an den Mond", <<1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Wiemer (b. 1902), "Der Wanderer an den Mond" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Wiemer (b. 1902), "Der Wanderer an den Mond", <<1950 [ four-part men's chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by F. Willi , "Bruder Tod " [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Bruder Tod ", <<1950 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Maria Zwissler (1900 - 1984), "Auch zu mir kommst Du einmal ", op. 10 no. 3 (1935) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mort, ma sœur", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il viandante alla Morte", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
To me as well you shall someday come, You shall not forget me, And the agony shall be at an end And the chain shall break. Now you still seem strange and distant, Dear Brother Death. You stand like a cold star Above my misery. But someday you shall be near me And full of flames -- Come, beloved, I am here, Take me, I am yours.
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Translations of title(s):
"Auch zu mir" = "To me as well"
"Der Wanderer an den Tod aus " = "The wanderer addressing death from “Wandering”"
"Der Wanderer auf den Tod" = "The wanderer speaking about death"
"Der Wanderer an den Tod" = "The wanderer addressing death"
"Der Wanderer an den Mond" = "The wanderer addressing the moon"
"Bruder Tod" = "Brother Death"
"An den Tod" = "To death"
"Auch zu mir kommst Du einmal" = "To me as well you shall someday come"
"Wanderer an den Tod" = "Wanderer addressing death"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bruder Tod", written 1918, first published 1920
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 66