by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg
Traurigkeit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Weinet, sanfte Mädchen -- -- -- -- --! [Solange]1 Ihr weinet, tragt Ihr im traurigen Herzen die Welt! Weinet, sanfte Mädchen -- -- --. Haltet vor das bebende Antlitz die Hände -- -- -- Wenn ihr sie lächelnd senkt, Ist es zu Ende!
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Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Confirmed with Peter Altenberg, „Traurigkeit“ in Jugend, Münchner Illustrierte Wochenschrift, Nr. 24 , 1900, page 403.
1 Berg: "So lang"Authorship:
- by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg, "Traurigkeit" [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Traurigkeit", 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 54 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sadness", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Tristhet", copyright © 2012, (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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