August

Das war des Sommers schönster Tag,
Nun klingt er vor dem stillen Haus
In Duft und süßem Vogelschlag
Unwiederbringlich leise aus.
    
In dieser Stunde goldnen Born
Gießt schwelgerisch in roter Pracht
Der Sommer aus sein volles Horn
Und feiert seine letzte Nacht.

by Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) , "August", 1899

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

by Walther Aeschbacher (1901-1969) , "Das war des Sommers schönster Tag", published 1954. [three-part women's chorus a cappella]
by Werner Bühler (1904-) , "August" [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4.
by Richard Czelinski (1901-1969) , "August", 1922. [voice and piano]
by Richard Czelinski (1901-1969) , "August", 1948 [voice and piano], second setting
by Dieter Frommlet (1933-) , "Das war des Sommers schönster Tag", published 1995 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Bis die Blüten sind verweht, no. 1.
by Joseph Haas (1879-1960) , "August", op. 54 no. 4, published 1920 [medium voice and piano], from Heimliche Lieder der Nacht, no. 4.
by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914-2002) , "August", 1936. [voice and piano]
by Kuno Petsch (1923-1967) , "August", <<1948. [chorus of three equal voices a cappella]
by Gottfried Rüdinger (1886-1946) , "August", op. 30 no. 1, published 1922 [alto and piano], from Spätblau - Ein Liederkreis nach Hermann Hesse für eine Alt-Stimme, no. 1.
by Walter Steinhauser , "August" [voice and piano]
by Gottfried Wolters (1910-1989) , "Das war des Sommers schönster Tag", 1952. [unaccompanied voice]
by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903-1987) , "August" [soprano and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-02-25.

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