Songs
Du bist die Ruh
(1823)
D776
Du bist die Ruh
Du bist die Ruh,Der Friede mild,Die Sehnsucht duUnd was sie stillt.Ich weihe dirVoll Lust und SchmerzZur Wohnung hierMein Aug und Herz.Kehr ein bei mir,Und schließe duStill hinter dirDie Pforten zu.Treib andern SchmerzAus dieser Brust.Voll sei dies HerzVon deiner Lust.Dies AugenzeltVon deinem GlanzAllein erhellt,O füll es ganz!
Du bist die Ruh
You are reposeAnd gentle peace,You are longingAnd what stills it.I pledge to youFull of joy and painAs a dwelling hereMy eyes and heart.Come in to me, And softly closeThe gateBehind you.Drive other painFrom this breast!Let my heart be filledWith your joy.This temple of my eyesIs litBy your radiance alone,O fill it utterly.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
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Composer
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He was uncommonly gifted from a young age, but appreciation of his music was limited during his lifetime. His work became more popular in the decades after his death, and was praised by 19th century composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt.
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Poet
Friedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.
Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816–1817, he worked on the editorial staff of the Morgenblatt at Stuttgart. Nearly the whole of the year 1818 he spent in Rome, and afterwards he lived for several years at Coburg (1820–1826). Rückert married Luise Wiethaus-Fischer there in 1821. He was appointed a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Erlangen in 1826, and, in 1841, he was called to a similar position in Berlin, where he was also made a privy councillor. In 1849 he resigned his professorship at Berlin, and went to live full-time in his Gut (estate) at Neuses (now a part of Coburg).
When Rückert began his literary career, Germany was engaged in her life-and-death struggle with Napoleon; and in his first volume, Deutsche Gedichte (German Poems), published in 1814 under the pseudonym Freimund Raimar, he gave, particularly in the powerful Geharnischte Sonette (Sonnets in Arms/Harsh Words), vigorous expression to the prevailing sentiment of his countrymen. During 1815 to 1818 appeared Napoleon, eine politische Komödie in drei Stücken (Napoleon, a Political Comedy in Three Parts) of which only two parts were published; and in 1817 Der Kranz der Zeit (The Wreath of Time).
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Previously performed at:
- 11 Oct 2020: 11. The West-Eastern Divan: Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
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- 10 Oct 2020: 05. Schumann and Mahler: Sarah Connolly & Eugene Asti
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- 11 Oct 2019: 4. Schubert and Grieg: Camilla Tilling, Neal Davies, BBC National Orches...
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- 10 Jun 2018: Michael Mofidian & Keval Shah - Pollock House
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- 17 Oct 2017: Songs from the East: Benjamin Appl & Graham Johnson
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Du bist die Ruh
Du bist die Ruh
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He was uncommonly gifted from a young age, but appreciation of his music was limited during his lifetime. His work became more popular in the decades after his death, and was praised by 19th century composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt.
Information from Wikipedia. Read more here.
See Full Entry
Poet
Friedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.
Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816–1817, he worked on the editorial staff of the Morgenblatt at Stuttgart. Nearly the whole of the year 1818 he spent in Rome, and afterwards he lived for several years at Coburg (1820–1826). Rückert married Luise Wiethaus-Fischer there in 1821. He was appointed a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Erlangen in 1826, and, in 1841, he was called to a similar position in Berlin, where he was also made a privy councillor. In 1849 he resigned his professorship at Berlin, and went to live full-time in his Gut (estate) at Neuses (now a part of Coburg).
When Rückert began his literary career, Germany was engaged in her life-and-death struggle with Napoleon; and in his first volume, Deutsche Gedichte (German Poems), published in 1814 under the pseudonym Freimund Raimar, he gave, particularly in the powerful Geharnischte Sonette (Sonnets in Arms/Harsh Words), vigorous expression to the prevailing sentiment of his countrymen. During 1815 to 1818 appeared Napoleon, eine politische Komödie in drei Stücken (Napoleon, a Political Comedy in Three Parts) of which only two parts were published; and in 1817 Der Kranz der Zeit (The Wreath of Time).
Taken from Wikipedia. To view the full article, please click here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 11 Oct 2020: 11. The West-Eastern Divan: Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake
- 10 Oct 2020: 05. Schumann and Mahler: Sarah Connolly & Eugene Asti
- 11 Oct 2019: 4. Schubert and Grieg: Camilla Tilling, Neal Davies, BBC National Orches...
- 10 Jun 2018: Michael Mofidian & Keval Shah - Pollock House
- 17 Oct 2017: Songs from the East: Benjamin Appl & Graham Johnson