Wie mir der Himmel lacht Aus deinem Angesicht, Du ahnst es nicht! Und wenn dein Mund ein einzig Wörtlein spricht, Wie gleich voll Pracht Mir himmlischer Gesang erwacht! Wie mir der Frühling lacht! Aus jeder Knospe licht Die Blüthe bricht! Dein ist das Himmelreich! du ahnst es nicht, Mit welcher Macht, O Kind, mein Kind, dich Gott bedacht!
O. Walther sets stanza 1
A. von Glaesz sets stanza 1
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 258.
Note: in the Kistner catalog, the entry for Walther reads: " No 1. "Wie mir der Himmel lacht," von Fr. Oser, Strophe II vom Componisten", which means Walther only used the first stanza above. We will make note of the stanza with which Walther replaced the second stanza when we obtain it.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wie mir der Himmel lacht ", appears in Liederbuch, in 3. Hauslieder, no. 287 [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 Louis Röhr (b. 1821) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl von Sichart (b. 1838) [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Ottobald Walther (b. 1835), "Wie mir der Himmel lacht aus deinem Angesicht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
- by Alexander von Glaesz (1848 - 1904), "Kennst du die Liebe nicht?", op. 9, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden: Brauer
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-30
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