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by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Herbst
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Durch die braunen, trocknen Blätter
Schlenkert raschelnd er die Beine,
Lauscht und legt den Zeigefinger
An die offnen, bleichen Lippen.

Was das welke Laub verrate,
Möcht er aus dem Herbste horchen.
Durch die braunen, trocknen Blätter
Schlenkert raschelnd er die Beine.

Starr am Boden haften fragend,
Angstvergrössert seine Augen.
Halbverschwiegne Flüsterlaute,
Qualerdrückte Klagen hört er
Aus den braunen, trocknen Blättern.

Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Herbst", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [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 Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Herbst", 1905?, published 1905 [ low voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 39, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-08
Line count: 13
Word count: 60

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