by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
Das Gewicht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Was in stiller Mitternacht, Wenn die Erde ringsum schlief, Mir oft aus dem Herzen tief Lieder hat hervorgebracht, War des Lebens Schwere nur, Die mir oft am Herzen zieht, Wie's Gewicht zieht an der Uhr, Bis sie flötet laut ein Lied.
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Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 112.
Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Das Gewicht", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1845 [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 Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Das Gewicht", op. 22 (Zehn Lieder zur Gitarre nach Gedichten von Justinus Kerner) no. 7 (1925), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The Weight", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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