by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956)
Beiseit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich mache meinen Gang; Der führt ein Stückchen weit Und heim; dann ohne Klang Und Wort bin ich beiseit.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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 Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Beiseit", 1990/1 [counter-tenor, clarinet, accordion, and contrabass], from Beiseit: Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Robert Walser, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
- by Urs Peter Schneider (b. 1939), "Beiseit", 1958-73, first performed 1980. [soprano and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 19