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by August Silberstein (1827 - 1900)

Die schönste Liebe, die dein eigen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die schönste Liebe, die dein eigen
In dieser ganzen Erdenfrist,
Mit der dir Gott will Gunst erzeigen,
So lang noch Odem in dir ist,
Die ewig jung im Fortbestand!
Die treue Lieb' zum Vaterland!

Wohl magst du Frauengunst erwerben
Und sonnen dich in ihrem Schein,
Doch gilt's im Leben und im Sterben
Noch höh'rem Ziele sich zu weih'n.
Und nie ein Herz noch höh'res fand,
Als treue Lieb' zum Vaterland!

All' was du liebst, wird bald vergehen,
Es wechseln Schönheit und Gestalt,
Die süße Heimath wird bestehen
In ihres Zaubers Allgewalt.
Dich segnet über'm Grabesrand
Die treue Lieb' zum Vaterland! 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with August Silberstein, Trutz-Nachtigal. Lieder aus deutschem Walde von August Silberstein, dritte vermehrtes Auflage, Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., c. 1870, page 5.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Silberstein (1827 - 1900), "Die schönste Liebe", appears in Trutz-Nachtigal. Lieder aus deutschem Walde [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die schönste Liebe, die dein eigen", op. 382b no. 1, published 1892 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Sieben leichte Männerchöre, no. 1, Offenbach am Main: Johann André ; note: we have appended a 'b' to the opus number because the opus was used in 1872 for a different set by another publisher [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Otto Fischer , "Vaterlandsliebe", op. 90 (Leichte Gesänge im Volkston für Männerchor) no. 9 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Frankfurt am Oder: Georg Bratfisch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Raimund Kristinus (1843 - 1904), "Die schönste Liebe", op. 23 no. 2 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis Reinhardt , "Vaterlandsliebe", op. 29, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Basel, Reinhardt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav E. Schreck (1849 - 1918), "Die schönste Liebe", op. 17 no. 2 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: C. F. W. Siegel's Musikalienhandlung [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 100

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