by Johann Friedrich Rochlitz (1769 - 1842)
Leiser, leiser, kleine Laute
Language: German (Deutsch)
Leiser, leiser, kleine Laute, Flüstre, was ich dir vertraute, Dort zu jenem Fenster hin; Wie, auf Wellen sanfter Lüfte, Mondenglanz und Blumendüfte, Sende meine [Lieder]2 hin. [Neidisch sind des Nachbars Söhne]3, Und im Fenster jener [Schöne]4 Blinket noch ein einsam Licht. Drum noch leiser, kleine Laute: Dich vernehme die Vertraute, [Nachbar nur]5 und Mutter nicht.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Glycine von Friedrich Rochlitz. Erster Theil. Züllichau und Freystadt bey Darnmann 1805, page 235. Note: This is the first version of the poem. A revised version was published in 1822; see below.
1 Danzi: "Leise, leise"2 Danzi: "Klagen"
3 Danzi: "Neid kommt von des Nachbars Söhnen"
4 Danzi: "Schönen"
5 Danzi: "Nachbarn doch"
Authorship:
- by Johann Friedrich Rochlitz (1769 - 1842), "An die Laute", written 1803, appears in Glycine, first published 1805 [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 Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Leise, Leise, kleine Laute", op. 70 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1, P 188 no. 1, published 1824 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Josef Bohuslav Foerster, August Harder, August Ferdinand Häser, Leopold Lenz, Franz Peter Schubert, Johann Xaver Sterkel.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-10
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