So fest wie die Hand den Stein hält (Kafka, set by (Alexander Goehr, György Kurtág)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

So fest wie die Hand den Stein hält

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

So fest wie die Hand den Stein hält.
Sie hält ihn aber fest,
nur um ihn desto weiter zu verwerfen.
Aber auch in jene Weite führt der Weg.

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by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) [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 (Peter) Alexander Goehr (b. 1932), "So fest wie die Hand", op. 41 no. 5 (1979) [ voice and piano ], from Das Gesetz der Quadrille, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by György Kurtág (b. 1926), "So fest", op. 24 no. 3h (1985-6) [ soprano and violin ], from Kafka-Fragmente, no. 3h [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 28