possibly by Friedrich von Gerstenberg and possibly by Heinrich (Hans) Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737 - 1823)
Kerzen und Augen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Dich blendet Kerzenlicht! Mich nicht! Mich blendet Augenlicht; dich nicht. O würden meine Augen deine Kerzen, die würden dich fürwahr so sehr nicht schmerzen. Mir sind die liebsten Augen, in welche sich die meinen gerne tauchen.
Authorship:
- possibly by Friedrich von Gerstenberg  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- possibly by Heinrich (Hans) Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737 - 1823) [author's text not yet checked 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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Kerzen und Augen", op. 69 no. 5 (1836), note: the score attributes the text only to 'Gerstenberg' [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John H. Campbell
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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