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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Höhe des Sommers
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Das Blau der Ferne klärt sich schon
Vergeistigt und gelichtet
Zu jenem süßen Zauberton,
Den nur September dichtet.

Der reife Sommer über Nacht
Will sich zum Feste färben,
Da alles in Vollendung lacht
Und willig ist zu sterben.

Entreiß dich Seele, nun der Zeit,
Entreiß dich deinen Sorgen
Und mache dich zum Flug bereit
In den ersehnten Morgen.

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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 320.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Höhe des Sommers", written 1933 [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 Paul Huber (b. 1918), "Höhe des Sommers", published 1964 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Klaas (1888 - 1965), "Höhe des Sommers", op. 5 no. 2, published 1939 [ high voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Dichtungen von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Günter Raphael (1903 - 1960), "Höhe des Sommers", 1951 [ high voice and piano ], from Acht Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für hohe Stimme und Klavier, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Günter Raphael (1903 - 1960), "Höhe des Sommers ", op. 72 no. 4 (<<1957) [ high voice and orchestra or piano ], from Acht Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für hohe Stimme und Orchester, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Würz (1903 - 1995), "Höhe des Sommers ", op. 36 no. 4 (1948) [ baritone and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Bariton nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Height of summer", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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