Songs
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus
D583
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus
Horch – wie Murmeln des empörten Meeres, Wie durch hohler Felsen Becken weint ein Bach, Stöhnt dort dumpfigtief ein schweres – leeres, Qualerpresstes Ach!Schmerz verzerretIhr Gesicht – Verzweiflung sperret Ihren Rachen fluchend auf.Hohl sind ihre Augen – ihre Blicke Spähen bang nach des Cocytus Brücke, Folgen tränend seinem Trauerlauf.Fragen sich einander ängstlich leise, Ob noch nicht Vollendung sei? Ewigkeit schwingt über ihnen Kreise, Bricht die Sense des Saturns entzwei.
Group from Hades
Hark! Like the angry murmuring of the sea,or a brook sobbing through pools in hollow rocks, from the depths arises a muffled groan,heavy, empty and tormented!Pain distortstheir faces – in despairtheir mouths open wide, cursing.Their eyes are hollow – their frightened gaze strains towards Cocytus’ bridge,following as they weep that river’s mournful course.Anxiously, softly, they ask one another if the end is yet nigh.Eternity sweeps in circles above them, breaking Saturn’s scythe in two.
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
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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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Gruppe aus dem Tartarus
Group from Hades
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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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