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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Die Dämmerung naht – im Sterben liegt...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Dämmerung naht – im Sterben liegt der Tag;
Sein Schatten deckt mich zu, der kühl auf einem Blatte lag,
Auf seinen roten Beeren.

Ich baute uns ein Himmelreich, dir unantastbar zu gehören;
Das aber an den Riffen deiner Herzensnacht zerbrach.
Die Vögel singen und vom Nachtigallenschlag,
Erzittert noch mein Bild am Wald im Bach.

– Dir will ich es verehren.
Die Dämmerung naht – im Sterben liegt der Tag
Und müde rankt sich meine Seele um dein Dach.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), no title, appears in Mein blaues Klavier, first published 1943 [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 Erwin Amend (1919 - 1997), "Die Dämmerung naht", 1978, first performed 1983 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Fünf Lieder aus dem Gedichtzyklus für Mezzosopran und Orchester, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Karl Brandeis (1910 - 1987), "Die Dämmerung naht", 1961 [ alto and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nadja Felscher (b. 1971), "Die Dämmerung naht", first performed 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Die Dämmerung naht", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 30 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ulrich Küchl (b. 1943), "Die Dämmerung naht", op. 3 no. 4 (1983), first performed 1983 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder einer bewegten Seele für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eric Mayr (b. 1962), "Die Dämmerung naht", 2021, first performed 2022 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier, 32 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michael Gregor Scholl (b. 1964), "Die Dämmerung naht", 1986-1988 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, clarinet, prepared piano ], from Über glitzernden Kies. Ein Sternentraum für Mezzosopran, Violine, Clarinetten und prepariertes Pianoforte, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Konrad Seckinger (1935 - 2015), "Die Dämmerung", 1976 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Gesänge zur Nacht. Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 4, München, Leipzig: F.E.C Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Die Dämmerung naht", 1979 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Die Dämmerung naht", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-21
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Word count: 79

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