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This work was composed in Vienna.
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DAS ECHO
Vincenz Zusner
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THE ECHO
Vincenz Zusner
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Ein
Mädchen weint im Waldesgrund und ruft durch's Dämmerlicht:
"Mein armes Herz, von Liebe wund, genest's auf Erden
nicht?"
Und's Echo spricht: "Auf Erden nicht, auf Erden nicht!"
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A maiden is weeping in the forest's depth and cries
into the dimness:
"My poor heart, wounded by love, will it recover or
not on earth?"
And the echo speaks: "Not on earth, not on earth!"
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"So hätt'
ich denn umsonst geweint, gelitten und gewagt?
Mein nasses Auge hätt' so oft den Schmerz umsonst geklagt?"
Und's Echo sagt: "Umsonst geklagt, umsonst geklagt!" |
"Had
I thus weeped, suffered and dared in vain?
Had my wet eye the pain so often moaned in vain?"
And the echo says: "moaned in vain, moaned in vain!" |
"Ich hätt'
umsonst hinauf geblickt, von wo der Trost uns strahlt?
Und dieses Herz, vom Leid gedrückt, genest nur wenn es
kalt?"
Und's Echo schallt: "Nur wenn es kalt, nur wenn es kalt!"
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"Had
I in vain raised my eye to from where comfort shines
on us?
And this heart, pressed by pain, will it recover only
when it is cold?"
And the echo resounds: "Only when it is cold, only when
it is cold!" |
"Wohlan!
So klag ich meinen Schmerz allein der Waldeskluft!
Und heilt mir nichts das kranke Herz, so heilt's die
kühle
Gruft!"
Und's Echo ruft: "Die kühle Gruft, die kühle Gruft!" |
"Well!
So I will moan my pain to the forest's abyss alone!
And if nothing will cure my sick heart, it shall recover
in the cold vault!"
And the echo calls: "The cold vault, the cold vault!"
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Translation
by Hannelore Wirth © 2003
- all rights reserved |
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| Slow and broad |
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Orchestration:
Mixed choir: soprano - mezzo-soprano - alto - tenor
- bass
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| This composition has 52 bars. |
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work is published by Doblinger (order
number 44 780). |
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Performances:
(without any claim for completeness)
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April
6, 2003
Würzburger Sängerverein 1847 e.V.
Caroline Prozeller
Würzburg/D, Hochschule für Musik
First performance |
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July
15, 2006
Choral workshop conducted by Angelika Kölble
at the 16th Herxheimer Treppenhauskonzert
Herxheim/Germany |
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