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Die Linien des Lebens sind verschieden, Wie Wege sind, und wie der Berge Grenzen. Was hier wir sind, kann dort ein Gott ergänzen Mit Harmonien und ewigen Lohn und Frieden.
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Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), no title [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "An Zimmern", op. 6 no. 6 (1923) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Bagatellen für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Die Linien des Lebens", op. 61 no. 6, published 1963, from Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Cerha (b. 1926), no title, 1995, from Acht Sätze nach Hölderlin-Fragmenten, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Geilsdorf (1890 - 1976), "Die Linien des Lebens", op. 69 no. 1 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ], from Sprüche des Lebens, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Die Linien des Lebens", 1992 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble (9 instruments) ], from Lebenslauf, 6 mélodies pour soprano solo et ensemble instrumental, no. 6, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Die Linien des Lebens", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by György Kurtág (b. 1926), "An Zimmern", op. 35a no. 4 (1997) [ baritone ], from Hölderlin-Gesänge, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "An Zimmern", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Hölderlin-Gedichte, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "An Zimmern" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from Hölderlin-Portrait, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alessandro Solbiati (b. 1956), "Die Linien des Lebens", 2000, from Hölderlin Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Die Linien Des Lebens (Fragment II)", op. 95 no. 3 (2008) [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge auf Hölderlin für mittlere Gesangsstimme und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les línies de la vida", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les lignes de la vie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 30
The lines of life are different, they sever just like the roads, just like the mountain ranges. What here we are, a God molds there - and changes us toward reward and joy and peace forever.
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Translation dedicated to B. KottmannText 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), no title
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 35