Der tod und das mädchen text

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For this recording, THE OHOHOHS had Schubert's famous string quartet No. 14 in D minor op.Post, D-810 inspire. The duo is expanded to include the Swiss soprano Maja Bader and a choir. She lends her voice to the poet Matthias Claudius. The horror that Corona spread in spring 2020 also reached the musicians when they recorded their album. So they dealt with the subject and came up with this text from 1792. Claudius plays with the image of vanitas, the futility of human activity, vanity and transience. The personified death is removed from the taboo and receives an almost erotic component. He flatters the girl who eludes him - but you don't know how the story will end: does she give herself to the bone man or does she persevere in her refusal? With Death and the Maiden, the musicians set an important text from the era that gave their album the name: "Sturm und Drang".

lyrics

Der Tod und das Mädchen
Das Mädchen:
Vorüber! Ach, vorüber!
Geh, wilder Knochenmann!
Ich bin noch jung, geh Lieber!
Und rühre mich nicht an.
Der Tod:
Gib deine Hand, du schön und zart Gebild!
Bin Freund, und komme nicht, zu strafen.
Sei gutes Muts! ich bin nicht wild,
Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen!

credits

released July 9, 2021
Guests:
Maja Bader - Sopran
Tobias Landsiedel - Tenor
Victoria Braum - Sopran
Nicole Schumann - Alt
Wolfram Schröder - Bass

Artwork: u9.net

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Title: Der Tod und das Mädchen (D. 531)

English Title: Death and the Maiden

Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Author: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)

Free at Art Song Central (PDF files):

• From German French and Italian Song Classics
• Der Tod und das Mädchen – d minor – vocal line in bass clef
• Range: D2 (A2) – Eb4
• Der Tod und das Mädchen – d minor – vocal line in treble clef
• Range: D3 (A3) – Eb5

Elsewhere on the Internet:

• Not yet.

Mp3:

• The CHARM collection features two recordings of this song.
• Piano accompaniment track available at pianoaccompaniments.com

MIDI:

• on Impresario.ch

Das Mädchen:
“Vorüber! ach, vorüber!
Geh, wilder Knochenmann!
Ich bin noch jung, geh, Lieber!
Und rühre mich nicht an.”

Der Tod:
“Gib deine Hand, du schön und zart Gebild’,
Bin Freund und komme nicht zu strafen.
Sei gutes Muts! Ich bin nicht wild,
Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen.

• Recmusic.org has texts and translations.
• Wikipedia has an entry for Death and the Maiden (song)

Music files

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• (Posted 2008-07-31)  CPDL #17772: 

Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-31).  Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: Public DomainEdition notes: Treble and bass clef versions available with both German and English lyrics. Edition is in D Minor.

General Information

Title: Der Tod und das Mädchen, Op. 7, No. 3, D 531
Composer: Franz Schubert
Lyricist: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Low voice
Genre: Secular, Lied

Language: German
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1821
Description: 

External websites:

• Entry at Wikipedia for this lied
• Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song
• Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• Italian translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• Dutch lyrics at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"

Original text and translations

German text

Das Mädchen:
“Vorüber! ach, vorüber!
Geh, wilder Knochenmann!
Ich bin noch jung, geh, Lieber!
Und rühre mich nicht an.”

Der Tod:
“Gib deine Hand, du schön und zart Gebild’,
Bin Freund und komme nicht zu strafen.
Sei gutes Muts! Ich bin nicht wild,
Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen.

Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen?

Bin Freund und komme nicht zu strafen?