Chor Tönen die seligen Saiten Apolls, wer nennt sie Chariten? Spielt er sein Lied durch den wachsenden Abend, wer denket Apollon? Sind doch im Klange die früheren Namen alle verklungen; sind doch im Worte die schwächeren Worte lange gestorben; und auch die blasseren Bilder zum Siegel des Spektrums geschmolzen. Sopran Charis, die Gabe des Höchsten: die Anmut der Gnade erglänzet! Chor Schenkt sich im Dunkel Sopran dem werdenden Herzen Chor als Tau Sopran der Vollendung.
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Authorship:
- by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963) [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Tönen die seligen Saiten Apolls", op. 29 no. 3 (1938-9), from Kantate Nr. 1, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
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