by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif
Schattenleben
Language: German (Deutsch)
Still ist's, wo die Gräber sind Meiner Liebe, Nur bisweilen klagt der Wind Bang und trübe. Seh' die Schattenwelt auf Erden Rings vergeh'n, Fühle alles spurlos werden Und verweh'n.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Schattenleben", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text not yet checked 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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Schattenleben", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Schattenleben", op. 67 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Schattenleben", op. 20 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Life of shadows", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vie de fantôme", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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