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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Hagar und Ismael
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mit Muscheln spielten Abrahams kleine Söhne
Und ließen schwimmen die Perlmutterkähne;
Dann lehnte Isaak bang sich an den Ismael

Und traurig sangen die zwei schwarzen Schwäne
Um ihre bunte Welt ganz dunkle Töne
Und die verstoßne Hagar raubte ihren Sohn sich schnell.

Vergoß in seine kleine ihre große Träne,
Und ihre Herzen rauschten wie der heilige Quell,
Und übereilten noch die Straußenhähne.

Die Sonne aber brannte auf die Wüste grell
Und Hagar und ihr Knäblein sanken in das gelbe Fell
Und bissen in den heißen Sand die weißen Negerzähne.

Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Hagar und Ismael", appears in Hebräische Balladen, no. 19, first published 1913 [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 Gilead Mishory (b. 1960), "Hagar und Ismael", 2001-2002, first performed 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Hagar und Ismael", 1944/1959 [ mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano ], from 20 Hebräische Balladen für Mezzosopran, Tenor und Klavier, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Ludwig Schilling (1927 - 2012), "Hagar und Ismael", 1964/1969, orchestrated 1991 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gil Shohat (b. 1973), "Hagar und Ismael", 2000, first performed 2002 [ soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from Eine deutsche Symphonie = Symphony No. 5 nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler for Soprano, Child’s Voice, Choir and Orchestra. »The Portrait of Else Lasker-Schüler«, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Hagar und Ismael", 1979 [ 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: 2022-06-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 89

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