Die Kürze

«Warum bist du so kurz? liebst du, wie vormals, denn
   «Nun nicht mehr den Gesang? fandst du, als Jüngling, doch,
      «In den Tagen der Hoffnung,
         «Wenn du sangest, das Ende nie!

Wie mein Glük, ist mein Lied. -- Willst du im Abendroth
   Froh dich baden? hinweg ists! und die Erd' ist kalt,
      Und der Vogel der Nacht schwirrt
         Unbequem vor das Auge dir.

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Die Kürze", op. 31 no. 3, published 1980, first performed 1981 [voice and organ], from Schicksalslieder (Pesny sud'by), no. 3, also set in Russian

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Kratkost'", op. 31 no. 3, published 1980, first performed 1981 [voice and organ], from Schicksalslieder (Pesny sud'by), no. 3, also set in German

Date added to the website: 2008-03-17.

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