Sommerbild

Ich sah des Sommers letzte Rose [stehn]1,
Sie war, als ob sie bluten könne, rot;
Da sprach ich [schauernd]2 im Vorübergehn:
So weit im Leben, ist zu nah am Tod!

Es regte sich kein Hauch am heißen Tag,
Nur leise strich ein weisser Schmetterling;
Doch, ob auch kaum die Luft sein Flügelschlag
Bewegte, sie empfand es und verging.

by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)

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

by Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) , "Sommerbild", op. 4 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3.
by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) , "Sommerbild", 1908/9?, from Sieben Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 3.
by Meta ter Kuile-Troxler (1895-1940) , "Sommerbild", op. 7b (4 Lieder) no. 3, published <<1926. [voice and piano], also set in Italian
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) , "Sommerbild", published 1900.

by Meta ter Kuile-Troxler (1895-1940) , "L'ultima rosa", op. 7b (4 Lieder) no. 3, published <<1926. [voice and piano], also set in German

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