by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)
Ich habe zu Hause ein blaues Klavier
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ich habe zu Hause ein blaues Klavier Und kenne doch keine Note. Es steht im Dunkel der Kellertür, Seitdem die Welt verrohte. Es spielten Sternenhände vier -- Die Mondfrau sang im Boote -- Nun tanzen die Ratten im Geklirr. Zerbrochen ist die Klaviatür..... Ich beweine die blaue Tote. Ach liebe Engel öffnet mir -- Ich aß vom bitteren Brote -- Mir lebend schon die Himmelstür, Auch wider dem Verbote.
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Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Mein blaues Klavier", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, first published 1943 [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 Haim Alexander (1915 - 2012), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1989-1990 [ women's chorus and percussion ], from Mein blaues Klavier für Frauenstimmen und Schlagzeug, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erwin Amend (1919 - 1997), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1978, first performed 1983 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Fünf Lieder aus dem Gedichtzyklus für Mezzosopran und Orchester, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Bernhard Bernsdorf (b. 1946), "Mein blaues Klavier" [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Brand (b. 1970), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2020 [ soprano, piano, cello ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Vier Lieder für Sopran, Klavier und Violoncello, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthias Drude (b. 1960), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1986 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ursula (Henrietta) Euteneuer-Rohrer (b. 1953), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2019 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nadja Felscher (b. 1971), "Mein blaues Klavier", first performed 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Garner (b. 1954), "Mein blaues Klavier", first performed 2015 [ soprano, cello, piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Song cycle of three poems for soprano, violoncello and piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedbert Groß (b. 1937), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1986, first performed 1986 [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Hildemann (1925 - 1995), "Mein blaues Klavier" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1995 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ulrich Klan (b. 1953), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1988-2007 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Gesang, Bassklarinette, Flöte, Klavier, Wasser und Steine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Koerppen (b. 1926), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2008 [ male voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für tiefe Männerstimme und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vadim Krischtopov , "Mein blaues Klavier", 2018 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oddvar Lönner (b. 1954), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2012 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier: Gedichte von Else Lasker-Schüler vertont für Sopranstimme und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Mayr (b. 1962), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2021, first performed 2022 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier, 32 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Nadelmann (1913 - 1998), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1968 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier: Ein Requiem für Else Lasker-Schüler. Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 1, Zürich; Wien: Universal Editions [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (b. 1965), "Mein blaues Klavier", op. 217 no. 3 (2020), first performed 2021 [ soprano, 2 pianos, percussion ], from »Das blaue Klavier«. Rundfunkoper, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), "Mein blaues Klavier" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodore P. Saunway (b. 1940), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2009, first performed 2010 [ baritone, flute, viola, cello ], from Fünf Lieder nach Else Lasker-Schüler und Georg Trakl für Bariton, Flöte, Viola und Cello, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ilana Schapira-Marinescu (b. 1935), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Vier Lieder für Stimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Schmidt-Kaminski (b. 1968), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from November Songs für Bariton und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 34 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Schwertsik (b. 1935), "Mein blaues Klavier", op. 108 no. 2 (2011), first performed 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and piano trio ], from Traumstörung. 5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler & Elfriede Gerstl für Mezzosopran & Violine, Cello & Klavier, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Stadler (b. 1957), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2014 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Stein (b. 1975), "Mein blaues Klavier", c2002 [ voice and string quartet ], from Das blaue Klavier für Singstimme und Quartett, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich-Walter Sternberg (1891 - 1974), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1949 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Markus Pirol Stockhausen (b. 1957), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1988, first performed 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fred Symann (b. 1963), "Das blaue Klavier", 2011, first performed 2011 [ voice, oboe, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Tal (1910 - 2008), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1993, first performed 1994 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Tudyka (b. 1966), "Mein blaues Klavier", first performed 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from »Mon Piano bleu«. Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Mein blaues Klavier", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernd Wilden (b. 1966), "Mein blaues Klavier", 2021, first performed 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
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