This song was recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival as part of Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs on Stone Records.
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Heimweh
German source:
Otto Erich Hartleben
Aus Italiens alter Pantomime,
Klingts herüber: wie Pierrot so holzern,
So modern sentimental geworden.
Und es tönt durch seines Herzens Wüste,
Tönt gedämpft durch alle Sinne wieder,
Lieblich klagend - ein krystallnes Seufzen
Aus Italiens alter Pantomime.
Da vergißt Pierrot die Trauermienen!
Durch den bleichen Feuerschein des Mondes,
Durch des Lichtmeers Fluten - schweift die Sehnsucht
Kühn hinauf, empor zum Heimathimmel
Lieblich klagend - ein krystallnes Seufzen!
Homesickness
(1996)
English translation ©
Roger Marsh
Comes from Bergamo’s old-fashioned dumbshow.
And the song asks why Pierrot’s so wooden,
And has grown modern and sentimental?
And it strikes the empty heart inside him,
Strikes once more, though muffled, all his senses.
Sweet lamenting – an exquisite sighing,
Comes from Bergamo’s old-fashioned dumbshow.
Then Pierrot forgets his tragic manner!
Up through pale firelight of the moon,
Up through floods of sea light swells his longing
Bravely up, on high, to home and heaven
Sweet lamenting – an exquisite sighing.
Heimweh
German source:
Otto Erich Hartleben
Homesickness (1996)
English source:
Roger Marsh
Lieblich klagend - ein krystallnes Seufzen
Sweet lamenting – an exquisite sighing,
Aus Italiens alter Pantomime,
Comes from Bergamo’s old-fashioned dumbshow.
Klingts herüber: wie Pierrot so holzern,
And the song asks why Pierrot’s so wooden,
So modern sentimental geworden.
And has grown modern and sentimental?
Und es tönt durch seines Herzens Wüste,
And it strikes the empty heart inside him,
Tönt gedämpft durch alle Sinne wieder,
Strikes once more, though muffled, all his senses.
Lieblich klagend - ein krystallnes Seufzen
Sweet lamenting – an exquisite sighing,
Aus Italiens alter Pantomime.
Comes from Bergamo’s old-fashioned dumbshow.
Da vergißt Pierrot die Trauermienen!
Then Pierrot forgets his tragic manner!
Durch den bleichen Feuerschein des Mondes,
Up through pale firelight of the moon,
Durch des Lichtmeers Fluten - schweift die Sehnsucht
Up through floods of sea light swells his longing
Kühn hinauf, empor zum Heimathimmel
Bravely up, on high, to home and heaven
Lieblich klagend - ein krystallnes Seufzen!
Sweet lamenting – an exquisite sighing.
Composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School.
