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Es brennt die Kerze auf meinen Tisch Für meine Mutter die ganze Nacht -- Für meine Mutter... Mein Herz brennt unter dem Schulterblatt Die ganze Nacht Für meine Mutter...
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Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Meine Mutter", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, first published 1943 [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 Luna Alcalay (1928 - 2012), "Es brennt die Kerze auf meinen Tisch", 1978 [ mixed chorus and strings ], from Tre canzone semplice für gemischten Chor und Streichtrio, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laurent Cuniot (b. 1957), "Meine Mutter", 2001 [ mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble ], from Ihm, eine Hymne pour 6 voix et 7 instruments, no. 6, Paris, G. Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Dreyfus (b. 1928), "Meine Mutter", 2005, first performed 2005 [ female voice, mixed chorus a cappella ], from Else. Für Frauenstimme und gemischten Chor a cappella, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Ettinger (1874 - 1951), "Meine Mutter", 1945 [ voice and piano or harpsichord or organ ], from Drei Lieder für Singstimme und Tasteninstrument, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "Meine Mutter", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Mayr (b. 1962), "Meine Mutter", 2021, first performed 2022 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier, 32 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Nadelmann (1913 - 1998), "Meine Mutter", 1968 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier: Ein Requiem für Else Lasker-Schüler. Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 2, Zürich; Wien: Universal Editions [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dieter Schnebel (1930 - 2018), "Meine Mutter", 1994/2006 [ voice and piano ], from Lasker-Schüler-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Meine Mutter", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 37 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Meine Mutter" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfons Karl Zwicker (b. 1952), "Es brennt die Kerze auf meinem Tisch", 2008, first performed 2009 [ alto and piano ], from Dem heiligsten Stern über mir (2008). Liederzyklus nach fünf Texten von Else Lasker-Schüler für Alt und Klavier unter Verwendung eines Gebetes in hebräischer Sprache, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 28
The candle burns on my table For my mother all night long – For my mother … My heart burns beneath my shoulder blade All night long -- For my mother …
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Translations of titles:
"Es brennt die Kerze auf meinem Tisch" = "The candle burns on my table"
"Es brennt die Kerze auf meinen Tisch" = "The candle burns on my table"
"Meine Mutter" = "My Mother"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Meine Mutter", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, first published 1943
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 31