Eine junge Blutbuche stand Ob meiner ersten Liebe, Und als ich mein erstes Lied erfand, Sah sie zu, was ich schriebe. So wie die Blutbuche kann kein Baum In Frühlingsprächten schwelgen, Hat keiner so farbigen Sommertraum Und so ein jähes Welken. Eine junge Blutbuche steht In allen meinen Träumen, Ein vergangener Mai umweht Meinen Liebling unter den Bäumen.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 16.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Die Blutbuche", written 1897 [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 Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Die Blutbuche", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2, from Aus deiner Jugend, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Die Blutbuche ", op. 7 no. 2 [ high voice and piano ], from Zehn romantische Lieder für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El faig purpuri", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The copper beech", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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