by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)
Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt, Die einen Engel vor der Pforte hat. Ich trage seinen großen Flügel Gebrochen schwer am Schulterblatt Und in der Stirne seinen Stern als Siegel. Und wandle immer in die Nacht . . . Ich habe Liebe in die Welt gebracht -- Daß blau zu blühen jedes Herz vermag, Und hab ein Leben müde mich gewacht, In Gott gehüllt den dunklen Atemschlag. O Gott, schließ um mich deinen Mantel fest; Ich weiß, ich bin im Kugelglas der Rest, Und wenn der letzte Mensch die Welt vergießt, Du mich nicht wieder aus der Allmacht läßt Und sich ein neuer Erdball um mich schließt.
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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Norbert Oellers, Heinz Rölleke und Itta Shedletzky, Band I.I, Gedichte, bearbeitet von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki unter Mitarbeit von Norbert Oellers, Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996, page 190.
Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Gebet", written 1917 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Rosemarie Becker (b. 1963), "Gebet", 1994-1996 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Benary (1931 - 2015), "Gebet", 1972, first performed 2000 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Vier Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (b. 1934), "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt", 1981-1982, first performed 1982 [ soprano, harp, and organ ], from Lieder aus Jerusalem für Sopran, Harfe und Orgel, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Borchardt (b. 1968), "Gebet" [ soprano, tenor, clarinet, piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Lieder, no. 4, Köln, wort und mensch verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Torsten Brandes (b. 1959), "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt", 1995, first performed 1995 [ voice, chorus, strings ], from Symphonische Kantate, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Peter Braun (b. 1950), "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt", 1986, first performed 1986 [ chorus ], from Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt. Drei Chöre, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Gebet", op. 61 no. 1 (1992) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus III : Zehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler aus «Theben» , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elisabeth Dohmen (b. 1958), "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt", 1994 [ female voice and synthesizer ], from Lieder für Frauenstimme und Syntesizer, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Dreyfus (b. 1928), "Gebet", 2002 [ soprano and bassoon ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Dreyfus (b. 1928), "Gebet", 2010, first performed 2011 [ children's chorus or women's chorus and strings ], from Vier letzte Else Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Garner (b. 1954), "Gebet", first performed 2015 [ soprano, cello, piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Song cycle of three poems for soprano, violoncello and piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner Hans Hagen (b. 1944), "Gebet", 2016, first performed 2017 [ women's chorus, piano, flute ], from cantata »Gemeinsam«, Kantate für alle, die in Not sind. Nach Gedichten von Rose Ausländer, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Trakl und Paul Celan [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lutz-Werner Hesse (b. 1955), "Gebet", op. 82 no. 7 (2019), first performed 2019 [ reciter, mezzo-soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from »Ich habe dich gewählt...« Symphonisches Gedicht Nr. 2 für Sprecher, Mezzosopran, Chor und großes Orchester, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Hildemann (1925 - 1995), "Gebet", 1991 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge für Bariton und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Toshio Hosokawa (b. 1995), "Gebet", 2014, first performed 2014 [ soprano and harp ], from Drei Engel-Lieder, no. 1, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reimar Johne , "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt" [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Koerppen (b. 1926), "Gebet", 2008 [ male voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für tiefe Männerstimme und Klavier, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Agnes Královszki-Kauer (b. 1945), "Gebet", 2021 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oddvar Lönner (b. 1954), "Gebet", op. 77 no. 6 (2013-2014) [ alto and piano ], from Versöhnung. Liederzyklus nach Texten von Else Lasker-Schüler und Maria Heim, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christina Cordelia Messner (b. 1969), "Gebet", 1998, first performed 1998 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Auf einmal musste ich singen - und ich wusste nicht warum? Vertonungen für Stimme, Violine, Cello, Klavier, Gläser, Shruti-Box und Spieluhren, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Manfred Niehaus (1933 - 2013), "Gebet", 1983, first performed 1985 [ women's chorus and instrumental ensemble ], from cantata Kantate »Engel und Sterne«, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Gebet", op. 26a no. 26 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 26, Book IV -- Nachklänge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter-Michael Riehm (1947 - 2007), "Gebet", 2003 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt", 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Seele. Band IV: Dichtungen aus dem 19.-20. Jahrhundert für Gesang und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Gebet I", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Markus Pirol Stockhausen (b. 1957), "Gebet", 1988, first performed 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Gebet I", 1979 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Windt (1894 - 1965), "Ich suche allerlanden", 1923 [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Zebinger (b. 1946), "Ich suche allerlanden", published 2003 [ high voice and piano ], from Drei mystische Lieder - für hohe Stimme und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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