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Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen, Die da träumen fort und fort. Und die Welt hebt an zu singen, Triffst du nur das Zauberwort.
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Authorship
- by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wünschelrute", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben [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 Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen" [mixed chorus], from Sprüche von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 7 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Wünschelrute", 1970/80 [voice and piano], from Lieder aus dem Nachlass, no. 9, Schott Music [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hermann Große-Schware (b. 1931), "Wünschelrute" [chorus] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Wünschelruthe", op. 165 (Acht Gesänge für S., A., T. und B. ohne Begleitung) no. 5, published 1874 [SATB chorus a cappella], Leipzig, Siegel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), "Wünschelrute" [medium voice and piano], from Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen : Drei Eichendorff-Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Wünschelrute", op. 92 no. 7 (2013) [baritone and piano], from Wünschelrute. Liederzyklus für Bariton und Klavier , no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Wunderspiegel", op. 92a (2014), first performed 2014 [mezzosoprano, horn and piano]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Incantation", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ITA ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Magic wand", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dorme in ogni cosa un canto", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Linda Godry
Text added to the website: 2008-06-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:43
Line count: 4
Word count: 24
Sleeps a song in things abounding that keep dreaming to be heard: Earth'es tunes will start resounding if you find the magic word.
Authorship
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Wünschelrute", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
Text added to the website: 2010-03-26 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:37
Line count: 4
Word count: 23