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Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut … Schlummernde Töne sind die Augen des Tages Wandelhin – taumelher – Ich kann deine Lippen nicht finden … Wo bist du, ferne Stadt Mit den segnenden Düften? Immer senken sich meine Lider Über die Welt – alles schläft.
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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, 1917, page 83.
Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Vollmond", appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1911 [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 Johann Karl Brandeis (1910 - 1987), "Vollmond", 1961 [ alto and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Vollmond", op. 57 no. 16 (1991) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus II - Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler aus «Meine Wunder», no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "Vollmond", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lutz-Werner Hesse (b. 1955), "Vollmond", op. 82 no. 3 (2019), first performed 2019 [ reciter, mezzo-soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from »Ich habe dich gewählt...« Symphonisches Gedicht Nr. 2 für Sprecher, Mezzosopran, Chor und großes Orchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961), "Der Mond", 2018, first performed 2019 [ mezzo-soprano and alto flute ], from Immerblau. Vier Lieder für Mezzosopran und Altflöte, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Vollmond", 1994, first performed 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Viva! [21] Lieder, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dirk Michael Kirsch (b. 1965), "Vollmond", op. 6 no. 5 (1992-2010) [ soprano, oboe or clarinet, harp ], from Nocturnes für Sopran, Oboe d’amore (Klarinette in A) und Harfe, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Markus Lehmann-Horn (b. 1977), "Vollmond" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Löhr (b. 1971), "Vollmond", 1995 [ alto and orchestra ], from Drei Lieder für Alt-Solo und Orchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 13, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Vollmond", op. 26a no. 20 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 20, Book IV -- Nachklänge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Vollmond", 1957 [ soprano and viola ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Viola, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Vollmond", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 50 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Gregor Scholl (b. 1964), "Vollmond", 1986-1988 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, clarinet, prepared piano ], from Über glitzernden Kies. Ein Sternentraum für Mezzosopran, Violine, Clarinetten und prepariertes Pianoforte, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Vollmond", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernd Wilden (b. 1966), "Vollmond", 2021, first performed 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-05-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
Quietly the moon floats through my blood . . . Slumbering tones are the eyes of the day Wander-hither – totter-thither -- I cannot find your lips . . . Where are you, distant city With the benedictive scents? Ever my eyelids sink Over the world -- everything sleeps.
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Translations of title(s):
"Der Mond" = "The moon"
"Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut" = "Quietly the moon floats through my blood"
"Vollmond" = "Full moon"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Vollmond", appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 47