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Aprilwind; alle Knospen sind schon [aufgesprossen]1; es sprießt [der]2 Grund, und sein Mund bleibt so verschlossen? Maisonnenregen; alle Blumen langen, [stille]3 aufgegangen, [dem Licht entgegen,]4 dem lieben Licht. Fühlt, fühlt [er's]5 nicht?
1 Schoenberg: "aufgegangen"
2 Schoenberg: "das"
3 in some versions of Dehmel: "heimlich"
4 omitted by Schoenberg.
5 Schoenberg: "er es"
Authorship
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mädchenfrühling", appears in Aber die Liebe, first published 1893 [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mädchenfrühling", 1894-1903, from 7 frühe Lieder, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Printemps de la jeune fille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , title 1: "A maiden in springtime", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 32
April's breeze; All of the buds have already sprouted forth; the ground sundered wide, and does his mouth yet remain closed? May's sun showers; all the flowers longing, silently blooming, toward the light - the beloved light. Can't he, can't he feel it?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mädchenfrühling", appears in Aber die Liebe, first published 1893
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 43