Weint auch einst [kein Liebchen]1
Tränen auf mein Grab,
Träufeln doch die Blumen
[Milden]2 Tau hinab;

Weilt an ihm kein Wandrer
Im [Vorüberziehn]3,
Blickt auf seiner Reise
Doch der Mond [dahin]4.

Denkt auf diesen Fluren
Bald kein [Erdner mein]5,
Denkt doch mein die Aue
Und der stille Hain.

Blumen, Hain und Aue,
Stern und Mondenlicht,
Die ich sang, vergessen
Ihres Sängers nicht.

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, pages 129-130.

¹ Bohm: "ein Lieber"; further changes may exist not noted above.
² Leberl: "Mir den"
³ Ashton, Dessauer, Fibich, Frisch, Platz, Randhartinger, Schumann, Voegely-Nünlist: "Vorüberlauf"
⁴ Ashton, Baldamus, Dessauer, Fibich, Platz, Randhartinger, Schumann, Voegely-Nünlist: "darauf"; Lang: "auf ihn"; Zumsteeg: "nach ihm"
⁵ Leberl: "Erdner"

Authorship:

• by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Sängers Trost" [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 Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Sängers Trost", op. 55 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gustav Baldamus (1862 - 1933), "Sängers Trost", op. 92 no. 3, published 1909 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Bohm (1844 - 1920), "Sängers Trost", published 1883 [ SSA trio or SSA chorus ], from [Sechs] Lieder und Chöre für 3 Singstimme (2 Sopran und A.) z. Gebr. für höhere Schulanstalten. 1. Heft., no. 2, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Sängers Trost", published 1838, from Drei Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Sängers Trost", op. 65 no. 4, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album, no. 4, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Sängers Trost", op. 36 no. 3, H. 300 no. 3 (1872), from Jarní paprsky (Frühlingsstrahlen), no. 3, also set in Czech (Čeština) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gerhard Frisch (b. 1955), "Sängers Trost" [ men's chorus and piano ], from Drei romantische Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Sängers Trost", op. 35 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1898 [ ttbb chorus ], Köln: Ullrich [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Sängers Trost", op. 4 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sängers Trost", op. 11 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 (1834), published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Sängers Trost", op. 22 (Zehn Lieder zur Gitarre nach Gedichten von Justinus Kerner) no. 10 (1926), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Platz , "Sängers Trost", published 1900, from Hundert Lieder, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Sängers Trost" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Otto Schleuning , "Sängers Trost ", op. 19, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Altona, Hinz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Sängers Trost", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Sängers Trost", op. 127 no. 1 (1840), published 1854, from [Fünf] Lieder und Gesänge von Kerner, Heine, Strachwitz, Shakespeare, no. 1, Dresden, Paul [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Theodor Seiffert (1803 - 1885), "Sängers Trost", op. 5 (Lieder und Gesänge für Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton) no. 3, published 1837 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Stark (1831 - 1884), "Sängers Trost", op. 52 (Zwei- und mehrstimmige Gesänge für Soli und Chor (Sopran und Alt) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1886 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], München, Falter & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gottlieb Voegely-Nünlist , "Sängers Trost", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für Männerchor) no. 6, published >>1870 [ TTBB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Sängers Trost", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Dolanský (1857 - 1910) ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El conhort del cantaire", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Troost voor de zanger", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , "Singer's [Poet's] comfort", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Minstrel's Consolation"
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Consolation du barde", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ted Perry , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

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