Wenn ein Liebes dir der Tod
Aus deinen Augen fortgerückt,
Such es nicht im Morgenrot,
Nicht im Stern, der abends blickt.

Such es nirgends früh und spät
Als im Herzen immerfort. 
Was man so [geliebet]1 geht
Nimmermehr aus diesem Ort.

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¹ Walter-Choinanus : "geliebt"

Text Authorship:

• by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Wo zu finden?" [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 Gerhard Frisch (b. 1955), "Wo zu finden?" [ men's chorus and piano ], from Drei romantische Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Kahn , "Wenn ein Liebes dir der Tod", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludvig Norman (1831 - 1885), "Wo zu finden", op. 13 no. 7 (1850), published 1861, from Åtta smärre sånger vid pianoforte = Eight Small Pieces at the Pianoforte, no. 7, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Wo zu finden?", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ernst Walter-Choinanus, né Ernst Walter , "Wo zu finden?", op. 20, Heft 1 no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesglück und Liebesleid. Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 5, München, Jos. Aibl Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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• possibly by Christian Wilhelm Häser (1781 - 1867), "Wo zu finden?", op. 34 (Neun deutsche Lieder) no. 4, score gives composer as "Wilhelm Haeser"
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation possibly by Wilhelm Bauck (1808 - 1877); composed by Ludvig Norman.
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• ENG English [singable] (Peter Palmer) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Se per morte cosa cara", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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