Liebeslied | Wo mag meine Heimat sein?

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Wo mag meine Heimat sein?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Wo mag meine Heimat sein?
Meine Heimat ist klein,
Geht von Ort zu Ort,
Nimmt mein Herz mit sich fort,
Gibt mir Weh, gibt mir Ruh;
Meine Heimat bist du.

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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 278.

Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1921/22)", written 1921/2 [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 Oskar Baumann , "Liebeslied", op. 310 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 3. Folge) no. 2 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Laci Boldemann (1921 - 1969), "Wo mag meine Heimat sein?", op. 2 (Sechs kleine Liebeslieder - Sex små Kärlekssånger) no. 6, published 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Liebeslied" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Liebeslied", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Josef Frey (b. 1907), "Meine Heimat", 1951 [ soprano and piano ], from Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Liebeslied" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Hasse (1883 - 1960), "Liebeslied", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 4 (1949) [ mezzo-soprano, alto, or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Liebeslied", 1955-7, published 1960 [ duet for mezzo-soprano and bass with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Wo mag meine Heimat sein?", op. 97 no. 2 (>>1942?), published 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Walter Lange (1884 - 1960), "Liebeslied ", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Liebeslied I", op. 12 no. 4 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gerhard Schumann (b. 1914), "Liebeslied ", 1955 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Lieder der Liebe, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Liebeslied ", 1949 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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