Songs
Elysium
(1817)
D584
Elysium
Vorüber die stöhnende Klage!Elysium’s FreudengelageErsäufen jegliches Ach.Elysium’s LebenEwige Wonne, ewiges SchwebenDurch lachende Fluren ein flötender Bach.Jugendlich mildeBeschwebt die GefildeEwiger Mai;Die Stunden entfliehen in goldenen Träumen,Die Seele schwillt aus in unendlichen Räumen.Wahrheit reisst hier den Schleier entzwei.Unendliche FreudeDurchwallet das Herz.Hier mangelt der Name dem trauernden LeideSanftes Entzücken nur heisset man Schmerz.Hier strecket der wallende Pilger die mattenBrennenden Glieder in säuselnden Schatten,Leget die Bürde auf ewig dahin –Seine Sichel entfällt hier dem Schnitter,Eingesungen von HarfengezitterTräumt er, geschnittene Halme zu sehn.Dessen Fahne Donnerstürme wallte,Dessen Ohren Mordgebrüll umhallte,Berge bebten unter dessen Donnergang,Schläft hier linde bei des Baches Rieseln,Der wie Silber spielet über Kieseln;Ihm verhallet wilder Speere Klang.Hier umarmen sich getreue Gatten,Küssen sich auf grünen samtnen Matten,Liebgekost vom Balsamwest;Ihre Krone findet hier die Liebe,Sicher vor des Todes strengem HiebeFeiert sie ein ewig Hochzeitfest.
Elysium
Cease all plaintive moaning!Elysian banquetsdrown all suffering.Elysian lifeis eternal bliss, eternal lightness, a melodiousstream flowing through smiling meadows.Eternal May,young and tender,hovers over the landscape;the hours fly past in golden dreams,the soul expands in infinite space.Here truth rends the veil.Endless joyfills the heart.Here grieving sorrow has no name;and rapture that is but gentle seems like pain.Here the pilgrim stretches his weary,burning limbs in the murmuring shade,and lays down his burden for ever.The reaper’s sickle falls from his hand;lulled to sleep by quivering harpshe dreams he sees blades of mown grass.He whose standard raged with violent storms,whose ears rang with murderous cries, and beneathwhose thunderous steps mountains quaked,sleeps gently here by the babbling streamthat plays like silver over the pebbles.For him the violent clash of spears grows faint.Here faithful couples embraceand kiss on the green velvet swardcaressed by the balmy west wind.Here love finds its crown;safe from the cruel stroke of deathit celebrates an eternal wedding feast.
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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
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.
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Elysium
Elysium
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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
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.
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