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Immer [hin und wider]1 Strebt der Blütenzweig im Winde, Immer auf und nieder Strebt mein Herz gleich einem Kinde Zwischen hellen und dunklen Tagen, Zwischen Wollen und Entsagen. Bis die Blüten sind verweht Und der Zweig in Früchten steht, Bis das Herz, der Kindheit satt, Seine Ruhe hat Und bekennt: voll Lust und nicht vergebens War das unruhvolle Spiel des Lebens.
S. Zehendner sets lines 1-4, 7-10
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View original text (without footnotes)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 188.
1 G. Wilhelm: "auf und nieder" (as it is in the third line)Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Blütenzweig", written 1913 [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 Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Der Blütenzweig" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Der Blütenzweig", 1937 [ baritone and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dieter Frommlet (b. 1933), "Immer hin und wider", published 1995 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Bis die Blüten sind verweht, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Der Blütenzweig", op. 51 (Vier Hesse-Lieder) no. 4 (1951) [ baritone and piano or string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Gorter (1862 - 1936), "Der Blütenzweig", op. 25 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 2 (1959) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Haegele , "Der Blütenzweig", 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder auf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Der Blütenzweig", op. 39 no. 3 (1944?), published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Frühlingsgesänge, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinz-Otto Hoffmann (b. 1902), "Der Blütenzweig", 1932-47 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Der Blütenzweig", op. 14 no. 2, published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Mader (b. 1930), "Der Blütenzweig", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Vom Baum des Lebens - Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Joachim Marx , "Der Blütenzweig ", <<1952 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Sieben Orchesterlieder für Sopran nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5, lost? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Der Blütenzweig ", op. 66 no. 1 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Gedichte von Hermann Hesse für Frauenchor, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Moschner , "Der Blütenzweig ", 1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Müller-Oertling (b. 1902), "Der Blütenzweig ", 1979 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Der Blütenzweig ", published 1961 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Tre Korsange til tekster af Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Annie van Ommeren (1913 - 1991), "Der Blütenzweig ", published 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Zeven Liederen op teksten van Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hildegard Quiel (1888 - 1971), "Der Blütenzweig ", published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Rolle , "Der Blütenzweig ", op. 14 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Dietrich Schmidt , "Der Blütenzweig ", 1954 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Der Blütenzweig", op. 6 no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Stärk (b. 1913), "Der Blütenzweig ", 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frank Steiner , "Der Blütenzweig " [ voice and piano ], from Der Blütenzweig - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Stockmayer (1883 - 1965), "Der Blütenzweig ", 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claus Swienty , "Der Blütenzweig", from 5 Lieder on words of Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef von Vintschger (b. 1900), "Der Blütenzweig", <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Der Blütenzweig ", published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Der Blütenzweig", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Grete Wilhelm (b. 1904), "Der Blütenzweig", published 1960 [ SAT chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Chöre für 2 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Siegfried Michael Zehendner (b. 1901), "Der Blütenzweig ", published 1955, lines 1-4,7-10 [ high voice and piano ], from Einkehr - Sechzehn Lieder für eine hohe Stimme, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Claus Swienty , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Sempre d’una banda al l’altra s’agita la branca florida al vent, sempre amunt i avall s’agita el meu cor com un infant, entre els dies clars i els dies foscos, entre el desig i la renúncia. Fins que les flors es marceixin i la branca porti fruits, fins que el cor, sadoll d’infantesa, hagi trobat el repòs i reconegui que, ple de goig i no endebades, fou el tumultuós joc de la vida.
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Translations of title(s):
"Der Blütenzweig" = "La branca florida"
"Immer hin und wider" = "Sempre d’una banda al l’altra"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (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 Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Der Blütenzweig", written 1913
This text was added to the website: 2023-12-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 73