
An baches ranft Die einzigen frühen Die hasel blühen. Ein vogel pfeift In kühler au. Ein leuchten streift Erwärmt uns sanft Und zuckt und bleicht. Das feld ist brach · Der baum noch grau... Blumen streut vielleicht Der lenz uns nach.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 6 / 7, Der siebente Ring, Berlin, 1931, page 158.
Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Der siebente Ring, in Lieder, in Lieder I-VI, no. 3 [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 baches ranft", 1921/1922 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus »Der siebente Ring« von Stefan George, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (b. 1952), "Lied", op. 1 no. 9 (1969) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "An Baches Ranft", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder aus 'Der siebente Ring') no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Zehnder (1901 - 1972), "An baches ranft", 1929 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At the edge of the brook", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au bord du ruisseau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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