Two stars were extinguished upon the heavens | Two stars were extinguished upon the heavens

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by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zwei Sterne löschten am Himmel aus

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Zwei Sterne löschten am Himmel aus
Und fielen zur Erde nieder,
Die sind gefallen wohl in Dein Haus;
Denn fehlt auch droben am Himmel ihr Licht,
Wer Dir nur gesehen in's Angesicht,
Der findet die Sterne wieder.

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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 11.

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. 2 [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Zwei Sterne löschten am Himmel aus", op. 20 no. 4, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus Sevilla für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Zwei Sterne löschten am Himmel aus", op. 14 no. 2 (1890), published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Ur en kärlekssaga. Sju sånger, no. 2, Stockholm: Hirsch, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942) ; composed by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Two stars were extinguished upon the heavens", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Two stars were extinguished upon the heavens

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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Two stars were extinguished upon the heavens
And fell down to earth.
They must have fallen into your house;
For although their light is missing from the sky,
Whoever only looks into your face
Finds the stars again.

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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. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-24
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Word count: 38