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Von stillem Ort, Von kühler Statt [Nehm]1 ich mit fort Ein Epheublatt. Ein Requiem Tönt leis und matt, So oft ich nehm Zur Hand das Blatt. Wenn aller Schmerz Geendet hat, Legt mir auf's Herz Das Epheublatt.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 129.
1 Cornelius: "Nahm" (song)Authorship:
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Angedenken", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Trauer und Trost [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 Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Angedenken", op. 3 no. 2 (1854), from Trauer und Trost, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Noseda , "Angedenken", from Trauer und Trost, ein Liedercyclus für eine Singstimme mit Clavierbegleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Remembrance", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 37
From a quiet place, from a cool place, I [carry]1 away an ivy leaf. I hear a requiem, soft and weak, whenever I pick up that leaf. When all my sorrow has ended, lay this leaf upon my heart.
1 Cornelius: "carried" (song)
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Angedenken", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Trauer und Trost
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 39