Ein Lieblingstraum, aus goldnen Nächten Vortretend, schlank, in ernster Ruh, Den Zauberschleier in der Rechten - So schön bist du! Mein Blick erstaunt und muß sich senken, Mein Herz schließt alle Tore zu, Dem Wunder heimlich nachzudenken- So schön bist du!
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 41.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "So schön bist du!", written 1898, appears in Maria, 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 Laci Boldemann (1921 - 1969), "So schön bist du!", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für eine tiefe Stimme zu Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 4, published c1950 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "So schön bist du" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "So schön bist du! ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "So schön bist du! " [ high voice (tenor) and harp (or piano) ], from Drei Lieder für hohe Stimme (Tenor) und Harfe (oder Klavier), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "So schön bist du!", op. 8 no. 1 (1950) [ baritone and piano ], from Maria - Liederzyklus für Bariton, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You are so lovely!", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu es si belle !", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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