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Wie ein blasser Tropfen Bluts Färbt die Lippen einer Kranken, Also ruht auf diesen Tönen Ein vernichtungssüchtger Reiz. Wilder Lust Accorde [stören]1 Der Verzweiflung eisgen Traum - Wie ein blasser Tropfen Bluts Färbt die Lippen einer Kranken. Heiß und jauchzend, süß und schmachtend, Melancholisch düstrer Walzer, Kommst mir nimmer aus den Sinnen! Haftest mir an den Gedanken, Wie ein blasser Tropfen Bluts!
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Pierrot Lunaire, deutsch von Otto Erich Hartleben, Der Verlag deutscher Phantasten, Berlin, 1892, page 26.
1 Marx: "tönen"Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Valse de Chopin", appears in Pierrot lunaire [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Valse de Chopin", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Valse de Chopin", 1909, published 1910 [ medium voice, piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.25 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Valse de Chopin", op. 21 no. 5 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Valse de Chopin", 1905?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 3, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
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- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "蕭邦圓舞曲", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Chopin Waltz", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Valse de Chopin", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Valzer di Chopin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Ein vals av Chopin", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
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Word count: 61
As a bleached drop of blood Stains a sufferer's lips, So lurks within this music The lure of annihilation. In untamed strains the chords disorder Despair's icy dream- As a bleached drop of blood Stains a sufferer's lips. Fierce, exulting, sweet, and yearning, Melancholy dismal waltzes, You cling to my consciousness, You are borne on my thoughts Like a bleached drop of blood.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Valse de Chopin", appears in Pierrot lunaire
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Valse de Chopin", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 63