Songs

Ihr Glocken von Marling (1874) S. 328

Ihr Glocken von Marling

Emil Kuh

Ihr Glocken von Marling,

Wie brauset ihr so hell;

Ein wohliges Läuten,

Als sänge der Quell.

Ihr Glocken von Marling,

Ein heil’ger Gesang

Umwallet wie schützend

Den weltlichen Klang.

Nehmt mich in die Mitte

Der tönenden Flut,

Ihr Glocken von Marling,

Behütet mich gut!

Bells of Marling

English Translation © Richard Stokes

Bells of Marling,

How brightly you chime;

A pleasing sound

Like a babbling spring.

Bells of Marling,

A sacred song

Embraces and protects

The sounds of the earth.

Take me to your heart

Of your resounding flood,

Bells of Marling,

Watch over me well!

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

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Composer

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era. He was also a writer, a philanthropist, a Hungarian nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary.

A prolific composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School (Neudeutsche Schule). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work which influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated 20th-century ideas and trends. Among Liszt's musical contributions were the symphonic poem, developing thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form, and radical innovations in harmony.

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