Das Glockenspiel (Vorspiel)

Das Glockenspiel der Fantasie
Hat Zauber, hat die Harmonie.
Es singt der Seele ihr Geleit
Umschmeichelnd von Unsterblichkeit.
Indes verstand die rohe Welt
In schwerem Lauf der Schläge fällt.
Sie band den Menschen an das Gold
Und spricht nur von Vergänglichkeit.
Das Glockenspiel der Fantasie
Hat Zauber, hat die Harmonie
Es singt der Seele ihr Geleit
Umschmeichelnd von Unsterblichkeit.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by John H. Campbell and W. Kommer

Authorship

• by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), as Dilia Helena [ 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 Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Das Glockenspiel (Vorspiel)", op. 89 no. 1 (1842), from Waldblumen: Eine Liedergabe von Dilia Helena, no. 1. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (John H. Campbell) (W. Kommer) , title 1: "The chimes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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