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Schönes Kind auf dem Altane, Bist nur Einer zu vergleichen, Die auf Himmelswolken thront, Wie sie zeigt die Kirchenfahne, Ihr zu Füßen schwebt der Mond. Ihr zu Füßen schwebt der Mond, Ueber ihrem Haupt die Sonne Strahlt herab in goldnem Scheine; Nie ein schönres Antlitz sah ich Als das Ihre und das Deine.
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Confirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, page 10.
Text Authorship:
- by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Serenade", op. 20 no. 5, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus Sevilla für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908), "Lied aus Sevilla", op. 34 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Schönes Kind auf dem Altane", op. 14 no. 1 (1890), published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Ur en kärlekssaga. Sju sånger, no. 1, Stockholm: Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 53
Lovely child upon the balcony, You are only to be compared with One: With her who is enthroned upon the clouds of Heaven, As she is shown on the banner of the Church. The moon hovers at her feet. The moon hovers at her feet, Over her head the sun Pours down its beams in golden radiance; I never saw a more beautiful face Than Hers and yours.
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Translations of title(s):
"Lied aus Sevilla" = "Song from Seville"
"Schönes Kind auf dem Altane" = "Lovely child upon the balcony"
"Serenade" = "Serenade"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 68