Songs
Sei mir gegrüsst
(1822)
D741
Sei mir gegrüsst
O du Entriss’ne mir und meinem Küsse! Sei mir gegrüsst!Sei mir geküsst!Erreichbar nur meinem Sehnsuchtsgrusse! Sei mir gegrüsst!Sei mir geküsst!Du von der Hand der Liebe diesem Herzen Gegeb’ne! duVon dieser BrustGenomm’ne mir! mit diesem Tränengases Sei mir gegrüsst!Sei mir geküsst!Zum Trotz der Ferne, die sich, feindlich trennend, Hat zwischen michUnd dich gestellt;Dem Neid der Schicksalsmächte zum Verdrusse Sei mir gegrüsst!Sei mir geküsst!Wie du mir je im schönsten Lenz der Liebe Mit Gruss und KussEntgegen kamst,Mit meiner Seele glühendstem Ergüsse, Sei mir gegrüsst!Sei mir geküsst!Ein Hauch der Liebe tilget Räum’ und Zeiten, Ich bin bei dir,Du bist bei mir,Ich halte dich in dieses Arms Umschlusse, Sei mir gegrüsst!Sei mir geküsst!
I greet you
You who were torn from me and my kisses, I greet you!I kiss you!You, whom only my yearning greeting can reach,I greet you! I kiss you!You who were bestowed on this heart by the hand of love,you who were takenfrom my breast! With this flood of tears I greet you!I kiss you!Defying the distance that, hostile and divisive, has comebetween you and me;frustrating the envious powers of fate,I greet you! I kiss you!As in love’s fairest spring you once came to me with greetings and kisses,so with all the fervour of my soul I greet you!I kiss you!One breath of love dissolves time and space, and I am with you,you are with me;I hold you closely in my arms’ embrace, I greet you!I kiss you!
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
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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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- 25 Oct 2019: 73. Solitude: Markus Schäfer & Hartmut Höll
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- 10 Jun 2018: Michael Mofidian & Keval Shah - Pollock House
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- 21 Oct 2017: Showcase Recital: Joel Williams, James Atkinson & Joao Araujo
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Sei mir gegrüsst
I greet you
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
- 25 Oct 2019: 73. Solitude: Markus Schäfer & Hartmut Höll
- 10 Jun 2018: Michael Mofidian & Keval Shah - Pollock House
- 21 Oct 2017: Showcase Recital: Joel Williams, James Atkinson & Joao Araujo
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