I roto i te 1896, tona poem "Madonna" puta i roto i te Vienna wā, a Hesse whakaputaina tona pukapuka tuatahi iti o te waiata, Romantic Songs. I roto i te 1897, i whakaputaina e te poem o tona, "Grand Valse", ka kukume ia he reta fan. Ko reira i i Helene Voigt, nei i te tau i muri i marenatia Eugen Diederichs, he kaiwhakaputa taitamariki. Ki te pai ki tana wahine, whakaae Diederichs ki te whakaputa i te kohinga o Hesse o te kotahi Hour i roto i 1898 (ahakoa te reira te rā 1899). i reira i tutaki ia ki te iwi o tona ake tau. I roto i te rua tau o te kore mahi, i roto i te nuinga o ratou i te whare wānanga inaianei. tenei tikanga mahue ia ite awangawanga i roto i ngā āhuatanga pāpori. "I muri i te putanga o tona pukapuka tuatahi o tona poem, "Grand Valse", toia ia he reta i te tahi i te tahi.
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