Sopran Leichteste Bürden der Bäume trag ich durch die Räume: die Düfte. Bring dir der Linde Gestalt, fernher, aus leisestem Hauch.
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Authorship:
- by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked 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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Leichteste Bürden der Bäume", op. 31 no. 4 (1941-3), from Kantate Nr. 2, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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