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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Ich wollte dir immerzu
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich wollte dir immerzu
Viele Liebesworte sagen,

Nun suchst du ruhlos
Nach verlorenen Wundern.

Aber wenn meine Spieluhren spielen
Feiern wir Hochzeit.

O deine süßen Augen
Sind meine Lieblingsblumen.

Und dein Herz ist mein Himmelreich ....
Laß mich hineinschaun.

Du bist ganz aus glitzernder Minze
Und so weich versonnen.

Ich wollte dir immerzu
Viele Liebesworte sagen,

Warum tat ich das nicht?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Abschied" [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 Kornberger (b. 1920), "Ich wollte dir immerzu", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ella Milch-Sheriff (b. 1954), "Ich wollte dir immerzu", 2020, first performed 2021 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Abschied für Sopran und Orchester, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Abschied II", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Caroline Tudyka (b. 1966), "Abschied III", first performed 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from »Mon Piano bleu«. Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Abschied" [ 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: 2022-05-23
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Word count: 61

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