Songs

Songs

Bild der Liebe (1901) no.4

Part of a series or song cycle:

8 Frühe Lieder

Bild der Liebe

Martin Greif

Vom Wald umgeben

Ein Blütenbaum -

So lacht ins Leben

Der Liebe Traum,

Ihm nah verbunden

Und fern zugleich,

Bis er entschwunden

Dem Zauberreich.

Image of love

English Translation © Richard Stokes

Surrounded by woods

A tree in bloom –

Thus smiles love’s dream

In the midst of life,

Closely connected

And yet remote,

Till it has vanished

From the magic realm.

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

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Composer

Anton von Webern

Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor.

Poet

Martin Greif

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Previously performed at:

22 Oct 2017: Mahler: Reader, Thinker, Composer: Christina Sidak & Deirdre Brenner

(As part of a song cycle/series:)

23 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Day One

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