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by Arnim Werther (b. 1829)

Sie lag auf der Todtenbahre
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie lag auf der Todtenbahre,
Im weißen Seidengewand,
Eine Rose auf dem Herzen,
Eine Rose in der Hand,
Eine welke Rose selber 
Mit bleichem Angesicht, 
Gleich wie ein prächtig schönes
Verklungenes Gedicht.

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Confirmed with Der Phönix: Zeitschrift für Literatur, Kunst, Geschichte, Vaterlandskunde, Wissenschaft und Theater, zweiter Jahrgang, ed. by Zingerle and Wildauer, Innsbruck: Wagner'schen Buchhandlung, 1851. Appears in issue no. 52, 27 Dezember 1851, page 416.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arnim Werther (b. 1829), "Blumenstaub", Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe, first published 1851 [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 Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Sie lag auf der Todtenbahr", op. 18 no. 3, published 1857 [ low voice and piano ], from Herbstklänge. Sieben Lieder für tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 32

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