Stiller Gang | Der Abend graut, Herbstfeuer brennen

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Stiller Gang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE IRI

Der Abend graut, Herbstfeuer brennen.
Über den Stoppeln geht der Rauch entzwei.
Kaum ist mein Weg noch zu erkennen.
Bald kommt die Nacht; ich muß mich trennen.
Ein Käfer surrt an meinem Ohr vorbei.
Vorbei.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Stiller Gang", appears in Weib und Welt [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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Stiller Gang", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Stiller Gang", op. 9 no. 7 (1925), from Frage, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Stiller Gang", op. 31 (Vier Lieder von Carl Busse und Richard Dehmel) no. 4, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Stiller Gang", 1904 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 35