by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)
So still ich bin
Language: German (Deutsch)
So still ich bin, All Blut rinnt hin. Wie weich umher. Nichts weiß ich mehr. Mein Herz noch klein, Starb leis an Pein. War blau und fromm! O Himmel, komm. Ein tiefer Schall -- Nacht überall.
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Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Klein Sterbelied", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 1920 [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 Heinz Becker (b. 1938), "Klein Sterbelied" [ voice, trumpet, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinz Becker (b. 1938), "Klein Sterbelied", 1987 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Ich träume so leise von dir, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (b. 1934), "Klein Sterbelied", 1989-1993, first performed 1993 [ voice, piano, and trombone ], from Drei Lieder für tiefe Stimme, Klavier und z. T. Posaune, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Braun (1932 - 2016), "Klein Sterbelied", 1994 [ voice, recorder, percussion ], from Es stieg aus allen Dingen. Fünf Lieder für Singstimme, Blockflöte und Schlagzeug, no. 5, Karlsruhe, Flautando [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Klein Sterbelied", op. 53 no. 9 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "Klein Sterbelied", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Hildemann (1925 - 1995), "Klein Sterbelied", 1991 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Kinderlieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Volker David Kirchner (b. 1942), "Kindchens Sterbelied", 2012, first performed 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Mezzosoprano und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Klein Sterbelied", 1993/4, published c2009 [ medium voice and orchestra ], from Nachklänge : Sechs Gesänge für mittlere Singstimme und Orchester, no. 2, Remagen : Edition Tilo Medek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christina Cordelia Messner (b. 1969), "Klein Sterbelied", 1998, first performed 1998 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Auf einmal musste ich singen - und ich wusste nicht warum? Vertonungen für Stimme, Violine, Cello, Klavier, Gläser, Shruti-Box und Spieluhren, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Klein Sterbelied", op. 297 no. 6 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "So still ich bin", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 19, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Klein Sterbelied", op. 26a no. 12 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 12, Book II -- Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Schmidt-Kaminski (b. 1968), "Klein Sterbelied", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from November Songs für Bariton und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Gregor Scholl (b. 1964), "Klein Sterbelied", 1986-1988 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, clarinet, prepared piano ], from Über glitzernden Kies. Ein Sternentraum für Mezzosopran, Violine, Clarinetten und prepariertes Pianoforte, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joep Willem Frederik Straesser (1934 - 2004), "Klein Sterbelied 1", 1986, first performed 1987 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Verzauberte Lieder für Chor und Orchester, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joep Willem Frederik Straesser (1934 - 2004), "Klein Sterbelied 2", 1986, first performed 1987 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Verzauberte Lieder für Chor und Orchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "So still ich bin", 1978 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Petite chanson de mort", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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