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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Ich hört' dich hämmern diese Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hört' dich hämmern diese Nacht
An einem Sarg im tiefen Erdenschacht.
Was willst du von mir, bleicher Sensemann,
Mein Herz gehört dem ew'gen Leben an
Mit all den Blüten und der Maienlust.

Ich bin so jung wie frühe Morgenglut.
Für deinen Becher ist zu heiß mein Blut.
Scher' dich des Weges, alter Nimmersatt!
Was soll ich in der kalten Totenstadt
Ich, mit dem Jubel in der Brust!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Jugend", appears in Styx, Gedichte, first published 1902 [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 Elisabeth Dohmen (b. 1958), "Jugend", 1994 [ female voice and synthesizer ], from Lieder für Frauenstimme und Syntesizer, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Ich hört' dich hämmern diese Nacht", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 12, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Jugend", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 31 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Jugend", 1989 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernd Wilden (b. 1966), "Jugend", 2021, first performed 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-05-23
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Word count: 68

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