Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Norbert Oellers, Heinze Rölleke und Itta Shedletzky, Band 1 Gedichte, bearbeitet von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki unter Mitarbeit von Norbert Oellers, Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996, page 130.

Text Authorship:

• by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", written 1910, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1911 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ralph Borchardt (b. 1968), "Ein alter Tibetteppich" [ soprano, tenor, clarinet, piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Lieder, no. 2, Köln, wort und mensch verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", op. 61 no. 7 (1992) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus III : Zehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler aus «Theben» , no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sibylle Friz (b. 1966), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 2016, first performed 2017 [ 2 voices, cello, bass guitar, synthesizer ], from Komm zu mir in der Nacht... Zwölf Lieder für zwei Stimmen, Violoncello, Elektrobass und Loopstation, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 1994, first performed 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Viva! [21] Lieder, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oddvar Lönner (b. 1954), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", op. 77 no. 3 (2013-2014) [ alto and piano ], from Versöhnung. Liederzyklus nach Texten von Else Lasker-Schüler und Maria Heim, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rolf Riehm (b. 1937), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 1961 [ soprano and piano ], from »Sechs Liederspiele« nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler - für Sopran und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 1957 [ soprano and viola ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Viola, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Walter Steffens (b. 1934), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", op. 68 no. 3 (1993), first performed 1997 [ women's chorus and harp ], from Klagegestein nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler für Harfe und 9-stg. Frauenchor, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Erich-Walter Sternberg (1891 - 1974), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 1945 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Mein Volk: 5 Lieder für Sopran (Mezzosopran/Tenor) und Orchester (Klavier), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Caroline Tudyka (b. 1966), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", first performed 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from »Mon Piano bleu«. Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Wallmann (b. 1960), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 2001, first performed 2001 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Wistinghausen (b. 1979), "Ein alter Tibetteppich", first performed 2004 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Zebinger (b. 1946), "Ein alter Tibetteppich" [ voice and piano ], from Nie genug Liebe - Liebeslieder aus den Jahren für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "An old Tibetan carpet", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-21
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Word count: 48