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Am frühen [Sonntagmorgen]1, Da geh' ich gern hinaus, Und alle engen Sorgen Lass' ich im engen Haus. Der Wind in Klüften kauert, Traut sich nicht in die Welt. Ein Wehen Gottes schauert Nur sanft durch's Ährenfeld. Und so durch's Herz von Leiden Und Freuden schwellend, geht In lieblichem Bescheiden Ein flüsterndes Gebet.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 34.
First published in the periodical Morgenblatt, January 13, 1836 (No. 11).
1 Bischoff "Sonntagsmorgen", more changes may exist, not noted aboveAuthorship
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sonntag früh", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1836 [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 Kaspar Jakob Bischoff (1823 - 1893), as Caspar Jacob Bischoff, "Sonntags früh", op. 72, Heft 2 no. 5, published 1892 [ satb quartet ], Berlin: Hoffheinz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Sonntag früh", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Early on a Sunday morning", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 52
Early on a Sunday morning I'm wont to go out happily, And all the narrow worries I leave [behind] in the narrow house. The wind huddles in the ravines, It does not dare to come out into the world. Only a breath of God shudders Softly through the wheat field. And thus through the heart swelling with sorrow And with joy, passes In sweet humility A whispered prayer.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sonntag früh", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1836
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 68