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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Wende dich, du kleiner Stern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wende dich, du kleiner Stern,
Erde! wo ich lebe,
daß mein Aug', der Sonne fern,
sternenwärts sich hebe!

Heilig ist die Sternenzeit,
öffnet alle Grüfte;
strahlende Unsterblichkeit
wandelt durch die Lüfte.

Mag die Sonne nun bislang
andern Zonen scheinen,
hier fühl' ich Zusammenhang
mit dem All' und Einen!

Hohe Lust, im dunklen Tal,
selber ungesehen,
durch den majestät'schen Saal
atmend mitzugehen!

Schwinge dich, o grünes Rund,
in die Morgenröte!
Scheidend rückwärts singt mein Mund
jubelnde Gebete!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), no title, appears in Buch der Natur, in Nacht, no. 6 [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 Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Unter Sternen", published <<1905 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Hymnen an die Nacht, no. 3, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Unter Sternen", op. 54 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1927 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Böhm & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Unter Sternen", op. 55 no. 5 (1941-3) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Unter Sternen: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Gottfried Keller, no. 5, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Unter Sternen", op. 22 (Zwölf Gedichte von Gottfried Keller für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 12, published 1896 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Caroline Diehl

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 76

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