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Auf einmal mußte ich singen Und ich wußte nicht warum. Doch abends weinte ich bitterlich. Es stieg aus allen Dingen Ein Schmerz und der ging um Und legte sich auf mich.
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Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Abends", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, in An ihn, 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 Peter Bares (1936 - 2014), "Abends", op. 378 (1964), first performed 1964 [ baritone and harp ], from Lieder zur Harfe, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinz Becker (b. 1938), "Abends", 1987 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Ich träume so leise von dir, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Karl Brandeis (1910 - 1987), "Abends", 1962 [ alto and strings ], from Vier ernste Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Braun (1932 - 2016), "Abends", 1994 [ voice, recorder, percussion ], from Es stieg aus allen Dingen. Fünf Lieder für Singstimme, Blockflöte und Schlagzeug, no. 1, Karlsruhe, Flautando [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Heißler (b. 1948), "Abends", 2013-2015 [ chorus a cappella ], from Drei Stücke für Chor, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ulrich Klan (b. 1953), "Auf einmal mußte ich singen", 1988-2007 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Gesang, Bassklarinette, Flöte, Klavier, Wasser und Steine, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Abends", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Löhr (b. 1971), "Abends", 1995 [ alto and orchestra ], from Drei Lieder für Alt-Solo und Orchester, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Mayr (b. 1962), "Abends", 2021, first performed 2022 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier, 32 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 22 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Abends", 1993/4, published c2009 [ medium voice and orchestra ], from Nachklänge : Sechs Gesänge für mittlere Singstimme und Orchester, no. 1, Remagen : Edition Tilo Medek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christina Cordelia Messner (b. 1969), "Abends", 1998, first performed 1998 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Auf einmal musste ich singen - und ich wusste nicht warum? Vertonungen für Stimme, Violine, Cello, Klavier, Gläser, Shruti-Box und Spieluhren, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Abends", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Schwertsik (b. 1935), "Abends", op. 108 no. 1 (2011), first performed 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and piano trio ], from Traumstörung. 5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler & Elfriede Gerstl für Mezzosopran & Violine, Cello & Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ulf-Diether Soyka (b. 1954), "Auf einmal mußte ich singen", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für Bariton und Klavier) no. 1 (1982) [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Abends", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-05-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 31
All at once, I had to sing, And I did not know why. Yet, in the evening, I wept bitterly. There arose – from everything – A pain, which surrounded me And laid itself upon me.
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Translations of title(s):
"Abends" = "At Evening"
"Auf einmal mußte ich singen" = "All at once I had to sing"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 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), "Abends", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, in An ihn, first published 1943
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 36