Leise, windverwehte Lieder,
Mögt ihr fallen in den Sand!
Blätter seid ihr eines Baumes,
Welcher nie in Blüthe stand.

Welke, windverwehte Blätter,
Boten naher Winterruh',
Fallet sacht! . . . ihr deckt die Gräber
Mancher todten Hoffnung zu.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Heinrich Leuthold, Dritte vermehrte Auflage, Frauenfeld, Verlag von J. Huber, 1884, p. 3.

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879), "Blätterfall", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Vermischte 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 Rudolph Bergh (1859 - 1924), "Blätterfall", op. 34 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1911 [ voice and piano ], Köln: Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolph Ganz (1877 - 1972), "Blätterfall", op. 20 no. 2, published 1908 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann von Glenck (1883 - 1952), "Blätterfall", op. 20 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Blätterfall", op. 2 (Duette für zwei Singstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ vocal duet with piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Blätterfall ", op. 53 no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Stimmungen. Gedichte von H. Leuthold für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (1882 - 1942), as Lio Hans, "Blätterfall" [ soprano, baritone and piano ], from Drei Duette, no. 1, from Sturm, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Israël (1841 - 1881), "Blätterfall", op. 14 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ alto or bass and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Blätterfall", op. 22 (Acht Lieder) no. 8 (1895), published 1895 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Levy (flourished 1885-1892), "Blätterfall", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Poebing , "Blätterfall ", op. 8 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1873 - 1928), "Blätterfall", op. 17 no. 3, published 1922 [ baritone and piano ], from Vier pessimistische Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, no. 3, Wien, New York: Universal-Edition [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Waack (1861 - 1922), "Blätterfall", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Riga, Deubner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Blätterfall", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 6, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912) ; composed by Hans Hermann.
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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fall of leaves", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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