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Schön war, das ich dir weihte, das goldene Geschmeide, süß war der Laute Ton, die ich dir auserlesen; das Herze, das sie beide darbrachte, wert gewesen wär's, zu empfangen einen bessern Lohn.
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Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Schön war, das ich dir weihte", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7 (1884), published 1884 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Schön war's dass ich Dir weihte", op. 51 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Fair was my gift to you", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Era bello...", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 32
Elle était belle, la parure d'or Que je t'ai offerte, Il était doux, le son du luth Que j'ai choisi pour toi ; Le cœur qui te les a présentés Eut été digne De recevoir meilleur récompense.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
Based on:
- a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 36