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Es ist so still, als wär' es Schlafenszeit, Als wär' entschlummert Not und Leid, Gestorben Angst und Qual. Kein Hauch bewegt die Bäume, Wie unschuldsvolle Kinderträume Ziehn leis die Wölklein übers Tal.
Authorship:
- by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868) [author's text not yet checked 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 Bertha von Brukenthal (1846 - 1908), "Frühlingstag", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Frühlingstag", op. 60 no. 2, from Four Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alban Förster (1849 - 1916), "Frühlingstag", op. 83 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Frühlingstag", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 2 no. 1 (1894-6), published 1897 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Spring day", copyright ©
Researcher for this text: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 32
It is so quiet, as if it were time to sleep, as if suffering and pain were slumbering, and as if fear and misery have died. Not a breath stirs the trees; like the innocent dreams of children, the little clouds float gently over the valley.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 47