Michael Mofidian and Jâms Coleman perform 'Widmung' at the Oxford Lieder Festival 2020:
This song was recorded on the album 'Robert and Clara Schumann: Rückert Lieder' on Stone Records (in collaboration with BBC Music Magazine). Featuring every piano-accompanied setting of the poet Friedrich Rückert by both Robert and Clara Schumann, including duets and ensembles, it was recorded in preparation for Oxford Lieder's The Schumann Project in 2016.
Click here to listen to this song with Roderick Williams and Sholto Kynoch, or click here to buy the CD from Stone Records.
Widmung
German source:
Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter
Mir ziemt es dankbar dir zu sein;
Du gabst sie mir, ich gebe wieder,
Was jetzt und einst und ewig dein.
Dein sind sie alle ja gewesen;
Aus deiner lieben Augen Licht
Hab ich sie treulich abgelesen:
Kennst du die eignen Lieder nicht?
Dedication
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
It is I who should be thanking you;
You gave them to me, I return them,
What now is yours and for evermore.
For they have always been yours;
From the light of your dear eyes
I have faithfully gathered them:
Do you not recognize your own songs?
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Widmung
German source:
Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter
Dedication
English source:
Richard Stokes
O danke nicht für diese Lieder,
O do not thank me for these songs,
Mir ziemt es dankbar dir zu sein;
It is I who should be thanking you;
Du gabst sie mir, ich gebe wieder,
You gave them to me, I return them,
Was jetzt und einst und ewig dein.
What now is yours and for evermore.
Dein sind sie alle ja gewesen;
For they have always been yours;
Aus deiner lieben Augen Licht
From the light of your dear eyes
Hab ich sie treulich abgelesen:
I have faithfully gathered them:
Kennst du die eignen Lieder nicht?
Do you not recognize your own songs?
Composer
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. Read more here.
Poet
Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter
Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter was a German novelist and poet. He settled in Cologne, and became a popular poet, novelist, and chronicler of the Rhine region. His real name was also the name of an earlier poet, Wilhelm Müller. In addition, he…