Nu är det natt över jorden. Darrande stjärna, gläns! Världarna vandra så fjärran. Mörkret är utan gräns. Marken, mullen och mörkret, varför älskar jag dem? Stjärnorna vandra så fjärran. Jorden är människans hem.
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Text Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965), "Människans hem" [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 Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Människans hem", 1970-4, published 1977, first performed 1974 [ voice and piano ], from Fem romantiska sånger, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Människans hem", op. 48 (Sånger till dikter av Erik Blomberg) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustaf Nordqvist (1886 - 1949), "Människans hem", 1930, published 1932 [ voice and piano ], from Jorden. Fyra sånger till texter av Erik Blomberg, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-10-02
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