Songs
Schwestergruss
(1822)
D762
Schwestergruss
Im MondenscheinWall’ ich auf und ab,Seh’ Totenbein’Und stilles Grab.Im GeisterhauchVorüber bebt’s,Wie Flamm’ und RauchVorüber schwebt’s;Aus NebeltrugSteigt eine Gestalt,Ohn’ Sünd’ und LugVorüber wallt,Das Aug’ so blau,Der Blick so grossWie in Himmelsau,Wie in Gottes Schoss;Ein weiss GewandBedeckt das Bild,In zarter HandEine Lilie quillt.Im GeisterhauchSie zu mir spricht:„Ich wand’re schonIm reinen Licht,„Seh Mond und Sonn’Zu meinem FussUnd leb’ in Wonn’,In Engelkuss;„Und all’ die Lust,Die ich empfind’,Nicht deine BrustKennt, Menschenkind!„Wenn du nicht lässtDen Erdengott,Bevor dich fasstDer grause Tod.“So tönt die Luft,So saust der Wind,Zu den Sternen ruftDas Himmelskind,Und eh’ sie flieht,Die weiss’ Gestalt,In frischer Blüt’Sie sich entfalt’:In reiner Flamm’Schwebt sie empor,Ohne Schmerz und Harm,Zu der Engel Chor.Die Nacht verhülltDen heil’gen Ort,Von Gott erfülltSing’ ich das Wort.
Sister's greeting
In the moonlightI wander up and downseeing dead bonesand a silent grave.In the ghostly breezesomething floats past,flickeringlike flame and smoke.From the deluding mistsa figure rises,without sin or falsehood,and drifts past.Such blue eyes,such a noble gaze,as in the fields of heaven,as in the lap of God.A white garmentcovers the apparition.From its delicate handsprings a lily.In a ghostly whispershe speaks to me:‘Already I walkin the pure light.‘I see the moon and the sunat my feet,and live in bliss,kissed by angels.‘Your heart, child of man,cannot knowhow great is the joyI feel.‘Unless you relinquishthe earth’s false godsbefore fearful deathseizes you.’Thus the air echoes;thus the wind whistles;the child of heavencalls to the stars.And before she fleesher white formis enfoldedin fresh flowers.She floats upin pure flame,without pain or grief,to the choir of angels.Night veilsthe holy place;filled with God,I sing the Word.
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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
Franz Joseph von Bruchmann was the son of Johann Christian Maria von Bruchmann, director of the Vienna National Bank, one of the richest men in Vienna and patron of Franz Schubert and the artist Leopold Kupelwieser. In his Vienna home Johann Christian hosted the so-called Schubertiaden, musical and literary evenings with Schubert at their centre.
Franz Joseph graduated in Law in 1827 and joined the Austrian civil service. Following the untimely death of his wife Juliana in 1830 , he went to Rome and entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and was ordained in Graz in 1833. In 1841 he founded the Redemptorist mission in Upper Bavaria. He later became the Provincial of the Austrian and German congregations.
Schubert set five of Franz Joseph’s poems to music: Am Zee (D746), An die Leier (D737), Der Zürnende Barde (D785), Im Haine (D738), and Schewstergruss (D763)
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Schwestergruss
Sister's greeting
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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
Franz Joseph von Bruchmann was the son of Johann Christian Maria von Bruchmann, director of the Vienna National Bank, one of the richest men in Vienna and patron of Franz Schubert and the artist Leopold Kupelwieser. In his Vienna home Johann Christian hosted the so-called Schubertiaden, musical and literary evenings with Schubert at their centre.
Franz Joseph graduated in Law in 1827 and joined the Austrian civil service. Following the untimely death of his wife Juliana in 1830 , he went to Rome and entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and was ordained in Graz in 1833. In 1841 he founded the Redemptorist mission in Upper Bavaria. He later became the Provincial of the Austrian and German congregations.
Schubert set five of Franz Joseph’s poems to music: Am Zee (D746), An die Leier (D737), Der Zürnende Barde (D785), Im Haine (D738), and Schewstergruss (D763)
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