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by Karl Christian Ernst Graf von Bentzel-Sternau (1767 - 1849), as Horatio Cocles

Hymne an die Musik
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O Kunst, du heiliger Tempel der Welt!
An deinen Stufen knien Meister und falten die Hände;
des Lorbeers grünende Zweige schlingen um deine Säulen sich
und ranken die Blätter um jegliches Haupt.

Musik ertönt! Der heilige Klang
der Orgel braust und die Posaunen erschallen!
Bald klagt es leise wie Flötenhauch den Sternen zu, 
bald stürmen und rauschen aufbrausend die Klänge mit Donnergewalt!

Und das Menschenherz lauscht den heiligen Tönen;
und aus den Augen rieselt der Tränenquell;
dann richtet es hoffend sich wieder empor, zu himmlischen Fernen hinan!
Das hat Musik getan, Musik, die göttliche Kunst!

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Christian Ernst Graf von Bentzel-Sternau (1767 - 1849), as Horatio Cocles [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 Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Hymne an die Musik", op. 17 (2 Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1848 [ TTBB chorus ], Mainz: Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Charles James Sprague (1823 - 1903) ; composed by Dudley Buck.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 95

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