Ein Tanz von Chopin lärmt im Saal, Ein wilder, zügelloser Tanz. Die Fenster leuchten wetterfahl, Den Flügel ziert ein welker Kranz. Den Flügel du, die Geige ich, So spielen wir und enden nicht Und warten angstvoll, du und ich, Wer wohl zuerst den Zauber bricht. Wer wohl zuerst einhält im Takt Und von sich weg die Lichter schiebt, Und wer zuerst die Frage sagt, Auf die es keine Antwort gibt.
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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, pages 66-67.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Valse brillante", written 1901, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in Buch der Liebe, first published 1919 [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 Johannes Schmiedel (b. 1921), "Valse brillante", op. 109 (1983) [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Valse brillante", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Valse brillante", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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