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Wie still, wie weit Waldeinsamkeit; Nur Rosenduft, Nur weiche Luft -- Wie still, wie weit, Waldeinsamkeit! Vom Stern beschaut, Vom Mond bethaut, Geküßt vom Wind So zart und lind -- Wie schön, wie weit Waldeinsamkeit! Hier ruh' ich aus Vom Weltgebraus, Hier schlaf' ich ein Beim [Wildröslein]1 -- Wie still, wie weit Waldeinsamkeit!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870. Appears in Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, poem no. 5, pages 12 - 13.
Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 20-21.
1 In the Waldblumen book: "Waldröslein"Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, no. 5, appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition], in Waldlieder, no. 4, first published 1870 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 21 (Zehn Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 61 no. 3, published 1886 [ sa chorus ], from Im Freien zu singen. 10 Chorduette für Sopran und Alt (9. Folge) ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 3, Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 53 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1886 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedict Widmann (1820 - 1910), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 21 (Drei Terzette für Frauenstimmen a cappella) no. 2, published 1889 [ ssa chorus ], Frankfurt am Main: Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Forest solitude", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
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Word count: 52
How still, how expansive [is] Forest solitude; Only the scent of roses, Only soft air -- How still, how expansive [is] Forest solitude! Gazed upon by a star, Bedewed by the moon, Kissed by the wind So tenderly and gently -- How still, how expansive [is] Forest solitude! Here I shall rest From the bustle of the world, Here I shall fall asleep Beside the [wild]1 rose -- How still, how expansive [is] Forest solitude!
1 In the Waldblumen book: "forest"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, no. 5, appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition], in Waldlieder, no. 4, first published 1870
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 74