by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956)
Trug
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nun wieder müde Hände, nun wieder müde Beine, ein Dunkel ohne Ende, ich lache, dass die Wände sich drehen, doch dies eine ist Lüge, denn ich weine.
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), "Trug", 1990/1 [counter-tenor, clarinet, accordion, and contrabass], from Beiseit: Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Robert Walser, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christoph Neidhöfer (b. 1967), "Trug", 1995 [soprano and violoncello], from Vier Lieder nach Robert Walser, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 27