Songs
Der Tod und das Mädchen
(1817)
D531
Der Tod und das Mädchen
DAS MÄDCHEN Vorüber,ach,vorüber! Geh, wilder Knochenmann!Ich bin noch jung, geh, Lieber!Und rühre mich nicht an.DER TODGib deine Hand, du schön und zart Gebilde!Bin Freund und komme nicht zu strafen.Sei gutes Muts! Ich bin nicht wild,Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen!
Death and the Maiden
THE MAIDENPass by, ah, pass by!Away, cruel Death!I am still young; leave me, dear oneand do not touch me.DEATHGive me your hand, you lovely, tender creature.I am your friend, and come not to chastise.Be of good courage. I am not cruel;you shall sleep softly in my arms.
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
Composer
Poet
Matthias Claudius was a German poet, most notable for Der Mond ist aufgegangen (The Moon Has Risen) and editor of the journal Der Wandsbecker Bothe.
After studying at Jena, Claudius held a series of editorial and minor official positions in Copenhagen and Darmstadt until in 1788 he acquired a sinecure in the Schleswig-Holstein bank. He edited the Wandsbecker Bothe (1771–75), popular not only with a general readership, for whose enlightenment it was designed, but also with the most important literary men of the time. Among the journal’s contributors were the philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder, the poet Friedrich Klopstock, and the critic and dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the three of whom, with Claudius, formed a circle that fought against the prevailing rationalist and Classical spirit and sought to preserve a natural and Christian atmosphere in literature. Claudius’ own poems, e.g., Der Tod und das Mädchen, have a naive, childlike, and devoutly Christian quality.
Taken from Encyclopedia Britannica. To view the full Britannica article, please click here.
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Upcoming performances:
- 15 Oct 2019: 24. Songs and Dances of Death: Thomas Oliemans & Malcolm Martineau
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- 19 Oct 2019: 41. Schubert & Mortality: Imogen Cooper, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook ...
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Previously performed at:
- 14 Oct 2017: Bring and Sing
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Der Tod und das Mädchen
Death and the Maiden
Composer
Poet
Matthias Claudius was a German poet, most notable for Der Mond ist aufgegangen (The Moon Has Risen) and editor of the journal Der Wandsbecker Bothe.
After studying at Jena, Claudius held a series of editorial and minor official positions in Copenhagen and Darmstadt until in 1788 he acquired a sinecure in the Schleswig-Holstein bank. He edited the Wandsbecker Bothe (1771–75), popular not only with a general readership, for whose enlightenment it was designed, but also with the most important literary men of the time. Among the journal’s contributors were the philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder, the poet Friedrich Klopstock, and the critic and dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the three of whom, with Claudius, formed a circle that fought against the prevailing rationalist and Classical spirit and sought to preserve a natural and Christian atmosphere in literature. Claudius’ own poems, e.g., Der Tod und das Mädchen, have a naive, childlike, and devoutly Christian quality.
Taken from Encyclopedia Britannica. To view the full Britannica article, please click here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Upcoming performances:
- 15 Oct 2019: 24. Songs and Dances of Death: Thomas Oliemans & Malcolm Martineau
- 19 Oct 2019: 41. Schubert & Mortality: Imogen Cooper, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook ...
Previously performed at:
- 14 Oct 2017: Bring and Sing
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