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by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813 - 1894)

Wenig sprach er stets, und einsam
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenig sprach er stets, und einsam
Ging er meist auf stillen Wegen
Längs des Bachs, durch Wies' und Saaten
Und in fernen Waldgehegen.

Daß er niemals, was er meinte,
Mir gestanden, darf's mich kränken?
O ich weiß ja, unsre Liebe
Ist so alt als unser Denken.

Beben sah ich seine Lippe,
Seine Wange sah ich brennen,
Und sein tiefes treues Auge
Sagte mehr, als Worte können.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813 - 1894), no title, appears in Dreizehnlinden, in 18. Hildegundens Trauer, no. 5 [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 Maria Görres (1823 - 1882), "Wenig sprach er ", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Dreizehn Lieder aus dem Epos: Dreizehn Linden von F. W. Weber, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Paderborn, Schöning'sche  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline Auguste Maria Pferdmenges (1872 - 1939), as Maria Pery, "Wenig sprach er stets", op. 30 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ medium voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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