Du hohe Kunst, der ich geglaubt So manches lange herbe Jahr, Leg' in den Schoß mein schweres Haupt Und glätte mir das graue Haar. Leg' ab die Maske, ich bin da, Der Geiger, der dich lange kennt Und alle Heimlichkeiten sah, Und dennoch in die Flamme rennt. Gib mir ein Lied so laut und wild, So lachend, bitter und gemein Wie mir's aus allen Träumen quillt, So sollst du meine Liebste sein.
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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 50.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "An die Kunst", written 1899, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in An die Schönheit, in Der Geiger, no. 5, first published 1919 [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 Walther Hecklinger , "An die Kunst", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oscar Lohse , "An die Kunst ", 1957 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Wolfgang Sachsse (1891 - 1960), "Capriccio - An die Kunst ", op. 17 no. 5 [ baritone, violin, and piano ], from Partita für Violine, Bariton und Klavier auf die Worte des Zyklus "Der Geiger" von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the art [of music]", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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