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An den Mond
D296
An den Mond
Füllest wieder Busch und Tal Still mit Nebelglanz,Lösest endlich auch einmal Meine Seele ganz.Breitest über mein Gefild Lindernd deinen Blick,Wie des Freundes Auge, mild Über mein Geschick.Ich besass es doch einmal, Was so köstlich ist!Dass man doch zu seiner Qual Nimmer es vergisst.Rausche, Fluss, das Tal entlang, Ohne Rast und Ruh,Rausche, flüstre meinem Sang Melodien zu,Wenn du in der Winternacht Wütend überschwillst,Oder um die Frühlingspracht Junger Knospen quillst.Selig, wer sich vor der Welt Ohne Hass verschliesst, Einen Freund am Busen hält Und mit dem geniesst,Was, von Menschen nicht gewusst Oder nicht bedacht,Durch das Labyrinth der Brust Wandelt in der Nacht.
To the Moon
Once more you silently fill wood and vale with your hazy gleamand at lastset my soul quite free.You cast your soothing gaze over my fields;with a friend’s gentle eye you watch over my fate.I possessed oncesomething so preciousthat, to my torment,it can never now be forgotten.Murmur on, river, through the valley, without ceasing,murmur on, whispering melodiesto my song,When on winter nightsyou angrily overflow,or when you bathe the springtime splendour of the young buds.Happy he who, without hatred, shuts himself off from the world, holds one friend to his heart, and with him enjoysThat which, unknown toand undreamt of by men, wanders by nightthrough the labyrinth of the heart.
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
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 Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Previously performed at:
- 07 Apr 2019: Goethe - A Life in Songs: Christopher Maltman & Graham Johnson
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- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
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- 18 Oct 2016: Schubert and Brahms: Birgid Steinberger & Julius Drake
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An den Mond
To the Moon
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.
Information from Wikipedia. Read more here.
See Full Entry
Poet
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Taken from Wikipedia. To view the full article, please click here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 07 Apr 2019: Goethe - A Life in Songs: Christopher Maltman & Graham Johnson
- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
- 18 Oct 2016: Schubert and Brahms: Birgid Steinberger & Julius Drake
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