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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 314.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Sprache des Frühlings", written 1932 [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 Anton Würz (1903 - 1995), "Sprache des Frühlings", op. 36 no. 2 (1948) [ baritone and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Bariton nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anton Würz (1903 - 1995), "Sprache des Frühlings ", published 1963 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

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