by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Galgenbruders Frühlingslied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es lenzet auch auf unserm Spahn, o selige Epoche! Ein Hälmlein will zum Lichte nahn aus einem Astwurmloche. Es schaukelt bald im Winde hin und schaukelt bald drin her. Mir ist beinah, ich wäre wer, der ich doch nicht mehr bin ...
Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied" [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied", op. 5 no. 4 (1924) [speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and violoncello], from Palmström, no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied", from Galgenlieder, no. 10. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied", op. 103 (Drei Galgenlieder nach Christian Morgenstern) no. 2, published 1936. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Friedrich Gulda (1930 - 2000), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied", 1950/1, first performed 1951 [baritone and chamber orchestra], from 7 Galgenlieder, no. 7. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hermann Marx , "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied" [voice and lute] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied", op. 19b (Galgenliederbuch, 2. Folge) no. 5 (1983/96), published 2003 [voice and piano], from Galgenliederbuch nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 12, München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Galgenbruders Frühlingslied" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-11-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 42