by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)
Mondnacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mondenschein hat sich ergossen Über diese stille Welt. Wär' mir heute zum Genossen Doch ein lieber Freund gesellt! Jenen Berg möcht' ich besteigen, Wo sich Tann' an Tanne drängt, Schauen, ob in ihren Zweigen Mondlicht oder Silber hängt.
Confirmed with Ricarda Octavia Huch, Gedichte, zweite vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: H. Haessel Verlag, 1908, page 49.
Text Authorship:
- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Mondnacht", appears in Gedichte [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Mondnacht", op. 134 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Mondnacht", op. 55, Heft 4, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Bohuslav Martinů.
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