Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Norbert Oellers, Heinze Rölleke und Itta Shedletzky, Band 1 Gedichte, bearbeitet von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki unter Mitarbeit von Norbert Oellers, Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996, page 165.

Text Authorship:

• by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Sulamith", appears in Styx, Gedichte, appears in Hebräische Balladen, no. 18, first published 1902 [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 Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (b. 1934), "Sulamith", 1989-1993, first performed 1993 [ voice, piano, and trombone ], from Drei Lieder für tiefe Stimme, Klavier und z. T. Posaune, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Brand , "Sulamith", op. 10 no. 4 [ voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, violin, cello ], from Fünf Balladen, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Michael Braun (1936 - 2019), "Sulamith", 2006-2007, first performed 2014 [ chorus and orchestra ], from opera Neue Menschen. Ein neuzeitlicher Mythos als Kammeroper, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Ebert (1889 - 1952), "Sulamith", op. 29 no. 10 (1926-1927), first performed 1928 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Biblische Balladen. Eine Folge von 19 Gesängen für eine Singstimme, Hoboe, Klarinette, Saxophon und Streichquintett, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Guido Fuchs (1880 - 1946), "Sulamith", 1919 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "Sulamith", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Sulamith", 1995 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Keller (1920 - 2008), "Sulamith", 1961, first performed 1965 [ mezzo-soprano and organ; or baritone and piano ], from Versöhnung. Zwölf hebräische Balladen, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ulrich Leyendecker (b. 1946), "Sulamith", 1993, first performed 1994 [ mezzo-soprano and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Hebräische Balladen für Mezzosopran und Klavier , no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gilead Mishory (b. 1960), "Sulamith", 2001-2002, first performed 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Sulamith", op. 26a no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 5, Book I -- Hebräische Balladen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Sulamith", 1944/1959 [ mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano ], from 20 Hebräische Balladen für Mezzosopran, Tenor und Klavier, no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Ludwig Schilling (1927 - 2012), "Sulamith", 1964/1969, orchestrated 1991 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Sulamith", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 45 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Sulamith", 1979 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernd Wilden (b. 1966), "Sulamith", 2021, first performed 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sulamith", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2012-11-09
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