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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Palmströms Uhr
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Palmströms Uhr ist andrer Art,
reagiert mimosisch zart.

Wer sie bittet, wird empfangen.
Oft schon ist sie so gegangen,

wie man herzlich sie gebeten,
ist zurück- und vorgetreten,

eine Stunde, zwei, drei Stunden,
jenachdem sie mitempfunden.

Selbst als Uhr, mit ihren Zeiten,
will sie nicht Prinzipien reiten:

Zwar ein Werk, wie allerwärts,
doch zugleich ein Werk - mit Herz.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Palmströms Uhr" [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 Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Palmströms Uhr", 1966 [ medium voice, clarinet, marimba, violoncello ], from Rhymes from the Hill, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Jaggi (b. 1940), "Palmströms Uhr", 2000 [ chorus a cappella ], from Zwei Uhren, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alice Samter (1908 - 2004), "Palmströms Uhr", 1966 [ three-part chorus, recorder, and piano ], from Erfindungen. 5 Chöre nach Christian Morgenstern, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-11-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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