Wälder stehen, See und Land Wie in alten Kinderzeiten, Und es ruhen alle Weiten Friedevoll in Gottes Hand. Eine stille Stunde lang Kann ich so verzaubert schauen, Und es schläft der alte Drang Und es schläft des alte Grauen. Doch ich weiß: die jetzt gebannt, Werden balde auferstehen, Und ich muß im grünen Land Als ein Gast und Fremdling gehen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Landschaft", written 1910, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Richard Gress (1893 - 1988), "Landschaft", op. 85 no. 1, published 1950 [ voice, oboe, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Landschaft ", op. 24 no. 4 [ medium voice and piano ], from Acht vermischte Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Scholz , "Landschaft ", <<1958 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Paisatge", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Landscape", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Paysage", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
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