SONG CYCLE: 'DIE SCHONE MULLERIN' ('THE FAIR MAID OF THE MILL') and other Songs by SCHUBERT
Sung by ROGER CLAYSON (Tenor)
DIE BOSE FARBE (The Hated Colour). He hates the colour that once he loved, for it stands now for jealousy and cruelty. He will sit at the beloved's door in storm and snow and sing his farewell. If ho could but touch her hand before he goes !
Trockne Blumen (Withered Flowers). The flowers she gave him shall wither on his grave. His tears water them, but cannot restore their freshness. Yet if she should stand by his grave and say : ' His love was true,' then he would wish the flowers to spring to life again, to give her his greeting.
Der Muller und der Bach (The Miller and the Brook). He talks to the brook, telling it of the sorrow of a true love rejected. The brook replies cheeringly, but he cannot be consoled. What peace is there for him now ? Only that which the friendly brook can give oblivion beneath its singing waters.
Des Baches
Wiegenlied (The Brook's Cradle Song).
Such rest the poor miller seeks and finds. The kindly brook sings his lullaby. ,