Songs
Als ich sie erröten sah
(1815)
D153
Als ich sie erröten sah
All’ mein Wirken, all’ mein Leben Strebt nach dir, Verehrte, hin! Alle meine Sinne webenMir dein Bild, o Zauberin!Du entflammest meinen Busen Zu der Leier Harmonie,Du begeisterst mehr als Musen, Und entzückest mehr als sie.Ach, dein blaues Auge strahlet Durch den Sturm der Seele mild, Und dein süsses Lächeln mahlet Rosig mir der Zukunft Bild.Herrlich schmückt des Himmels Gränzen Zwar Aurora’s Purpurlicht,Aber lieblicheres GlänzenÜberdeckt dein Angesicht,Wenn mit wonnetrunk’nen Blicken Ach! und unaussprechlich schön, Meine Augen voll Entzücken Purpurn dich erröten seh’n.
When I saw her blush
All that I do, all that I amis for you, my adored one!All my senses weavean image of you, enchantress!You kindle within my heartthe sweet sounds of the lyre;you inspire me more than the Muses, and, more than they, delight me!Your blue eyes shine tenderly through the tempest of the soul, and your sweet smile paintsa rosy image of the future.Though the horizon is adorned by Aurora’s crimson glow,a still fairer radiancesuffuses your countenanceWhen, with ecstatic glances, my delighted eyessee the ineffable beautyof your crimson blush.
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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
Bernhard Ambros Ehrlich was an imperial royal gubernial councillor (a government official) and official auditor of accounts—and hence probably also a censor—in Prague; no more is known about him. Schubert set his poem Als ich sie erröten sah (When I saw her blush), D. 153 [1] in ecstatically lyrical tone with melodic phrases of great expressivity that constantly mount in enthusiasm accompanied by a constant flow of semiquavers. It is almost more akin to an aria than to the more declamatory Lied.
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Als ich sie erröten sah
When I saw her blush
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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
Bernhard Ambros Ehrlich was an imperial royal gubernial councillor (a government official) and official auditor of accounts—and hence probably also a censor—in Prague; no more is known about him. Schubert set his poem Als ich sie erröten sah (When I saw her blush), D. 153 [1] in ecstatically lyrical tone with melodic phrases of great expressivity that constantly mount in enthusiasm accompanied by a constant flow of semiquavers. It is almost more akin to an aria than to the more declamatory Lied.
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