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Wärst du nicht, heil'ger Abendschein! Wärst du nicht, sternerhellte Nacht! Du Blütenschmuck! du üpp'ger Hain! Und du, Gebirg' voll ernster Pracht! Du, Vogelsang aus Himmeln hoch! Du, Lied aus voller Menschenbrust! Wärst du nicht – ach! was füllte noch In arger Zeit ein Herz mit Lust? --
Confirmed with: Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 171
Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Frage", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frage", op. 35 no. 9 (1840), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 9, Leipzig, Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Frage", op. 12 no. 5, published 1829 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von Justinus Kerner, no. 5, Stuttgart: Zumsteeg'sche Musikalienhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Frage", published 1846 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from [Zwölf] Melodien aus Beethoven's Sonaten und Sinfonien zu Liedern für Sopran (oder Tenor), no. 5, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Interrogació", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Een vraag", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Question", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Interrogation", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Domanda", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
Non eri tu, sacra luce della sera! Non eri tu, notte chiara di stelle! Tu, ornamento di fiori! Tu florido boschetto! E tu, montagna, splendente di severa bellezza! Tu canto d'uccelli dall'alto del cielo! Tu canzone umana nata dal cuore! Non eri tu, ah, e che cosa riempie ancora di gioia nel tempo amaro un cuore?
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Frage", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 56