A 1896, wakarsa "Madonna" ya bayyana a cikin wani Viennese na zamani da Hesse fito da farko kananan girma na shayari, Romantic Songs. A 1897, da aka buga waƙar da ya, "Grand Valse", ya jawo masa a fan wasika. Yana da daga Helene Voigt, wanda na gaba shekara aure Eugen Diederichs, wani matashi m. Don faranta wa matarsa rai, Diederichs amince da buga Hesse ta tarin entitled Daya Sa'a Bayan Tsakar dare a 1898 (ko da yake shi ne dated 1899).
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