Jugendflucht | Der müde Sommer senkt das Haupt

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Jugendflucht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Der müde Sommer senkt das Haupt
Und schaut sein falbes Bild im See.
Ich wandle müde und bestaubt
Im Schatten der Allee.

Durch Pappeln geht ein zager Wind,
Der Himmel hinter mir ist rot,
Und vor mir Abendängste sind
- Und Dämmerung - und Tod.

Ich wandle müde und bestaubt,
Und hinter mir bleibt zögernd stehn
Die Jugend, neigt das schöne Haupt
Und will nicht fürder mit mir gehn.

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 30.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Jugendflucht", written 1897, appears in Hermann Lauscher [author's text checked 2 times 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 Emil Anner (1870 - 1925), "Jugendflucht", op. 5 no. 1, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder aus "Hermann Lauscher", no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Edler (1912 - 1986), "Jugendflucht", published 1956 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Günter Habicht (b. 1916), "Jugendflucht" [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Bariton nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Lukas Haug (b. 1921), "Jugendflucht", published 1978 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Zyklus, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Artur Immisch (1902 - 1949), "Jugendflucht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Jugendflucht", op. 98 no. 1 (1942), from Herbst, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Viktor Kioulaphides (b. 1961), "Jugendflucht" [ counter-tenor, guitar, and mandolin ], from Hesse Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Jugendflucht", op. 38 no. 6, published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Günther Langenberg , "Jugendflucht" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Jugendflucht", op. 7 no. 10 [ high voice and piano ], from Zehn romantische Lieder für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Herbert Schultz (b. 1911), "Jugendflucht", 1947 [ alto and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Altstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ludwig Schütz (b. 1885), "Jugendflucht", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl von Szelle , "Jugendflucht", 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sechszehn [sic] Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Jugendflucht", 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinz Zabel , "Jugendflucht", <<1949 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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