by Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste von Schorn (1807 - 1869), as Henriette Nordheim
Ach, was ist Leben doch so schwer
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ach, was ist Leben doch so schwer, [Wenn]1, was Du lieb hast, ist nicht mehr! Aber sei still! Weil Gott es will. Ach, was ist Sterben doch so schwer, [Wenn]1, was Du lieb hast, weint umher. Aber sei still! Weil Gott es will. Ach, Leben, Sterben wär' nicht schwer, Wenn unser Herz nur stille wär'! Darum sei still! Weil Gott es will.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Zwei Menschenalter. Erinnerungen und Briefe, herausgegeben von Adelheid von Schorn, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1901, page 19
1 Liszt: "Wann"Text Authorship:
- by Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste von Schorn (1807 - 1869), as Henriette Nordheim, no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Sei still", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston für S., A., T. und B.) no. 3, published 1890 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Stern [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Sei stille", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Sei still", S. 330 (1877-9), published 1879 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Sei still", op. 173 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 8 (1868-70), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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