by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)
Im tiefen Walde einsam ruht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Im tiefen Walde einsam ruht Der See mit dämmerblauem Schein. Es zittert in die dunkle Fluth Des Sommers heißer Mittagschein. Ein Wasserröslein still erblüht Im See, so einsam, duftigroth, Ein Schwan so einsam ihn durchzieht Und singt sein Lied vor seinem Tod!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870, pages 60-61.
Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, in Am See, no. 1 [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 Franz Curti (1854 - 1898), "Am See", op. 6, published 1884 [ mezzo-soprano (or tenor) and violin (or cello or flute) and harp (or piano) ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "By the lake", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-14
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