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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Dies ist ein lied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE IRI
[Dies]1 ist ein lied
Für dich allein:
Von kindischem wähnen
Von frommen tränen...
Durch morgengärten klingt es
Ein leichtbeschwingtes.
Nur dir allein
Möcht es ein lied
Das rühre sein.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Wellesz 

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Confirmed with Stefan George, Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 6 / 7, Der siebente Ring, Berlin, 1931, page 157.

1 Wellesz: "Das"

Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Der siebente Ring, in Lieder, in Lieder I-VI, 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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "Dies ist ein lied", 1921/1922 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus »Der siebente Ring« von Stefan George, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Erdmann (1896 - 1958), "Lied" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Karl Horwitz, né Curt Horwitz (1884 - 1925), "Dies ist ein Lied", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2, published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alice Samter (1908 - 2004), "Dies ist ein Lied für dich", 1968 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Dies ist ein Lied für dich allein", 1933 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Dies ist ein Lied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder aus 'Der siebente Ring') no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Das ist ein Lied für dich allein", op. 22 no. 1 (1917) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Dichtungen von Stefan George, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Max Zehnder (1901 - 1972), "Dies ist ein lied ", 1929 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "This is a song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "C'est un chant", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 30

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