by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Horch, hörst du nicht vom Himmel her
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi)
Horch, hörst du nicht vom Himmel her Ein wunderherrlich Musizieren? Du hörst die lieben Engelein Hafisens Lieder einstudieren.
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Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Horch, hörst du nicht vom Himmel her", op. 168 (12 Hafis-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier) no. 1 (1973) [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Horch, hörst du nicht vom Himmel her", op. 33 no. 10, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Hafis-Lieder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Horch, hörst du nicht vom Himmel her?", Lieder no. 25, published 1914 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
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