by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
Verkündigung
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Du tatest mir die Tür auf, ernstes Kind. Ich sah mich um in deinem kleinen Himmel, lächelnde Jungfrau; Du [sollst]1 einst einen großen Himmel hüten, Mutter mit dem Kind. Ich tu die Tür mit ernstem Lächeln zu.
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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden. Zweiter Band, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1913, page 28.
1 Szymanowski: "wirst"Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Verkündigung", appears in Weib und Welt [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 Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979), "Verkündigung", 1914 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Verkündigung", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 6 (1907), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Annonce", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-09
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