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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Halb Dämmerschein, halb Kerzenlicht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Halb Dämmerschein, halb Kerzenlicht
Sich um dein liebes Bildnis flicht;

Da fallen mir Gedanken ein,
Halb Kerzenlicht, halb Dämmerschein:

Halb Dämmerschein, o Küssenszeit!
Halb Kerzenlicht, o Brautgeleit!

Es kommt die Zeit, o zage nicht,
Daß uns der Wonne Kranz umflicht,

Wo heimlich traut uns hüllet ein -
Halb Kerzenlicht, halb Dämmerschein!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Dein Bildnis", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Dein Bildnis", op. 15 no. 4 (1865), from An Bertha, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Josef Mottl (1856 - 1911), "Dein Bildniss", published 1892 [ men's chorus ], from 19 Gedichte deutscher Dichter, Heft III, no. 6, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 50

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