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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

o Eerbiedweerdig hoofd
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
  o [Eerbiedweerdig]1 hoofd
der blankgekruinde boomen,
  hoe heerlijk groet gij mij,
in 's winters pronksieraad;
  wanneer de bleeke zon
heur' eerste morgenstroomen
  [ontginsteren]2 in 't gevlerk
van uwe takken laat!

  Ze is helder, licht en wit,
ze is ongelijkbaar schoone,
  ze is vlekkeloos, de pracht
waarmeê gij zegepraalt;
  en, voor nen korten tijd
gekoningd, spant de [kroone]3,
  ver boven al 't gesteent'
daarin de zonne straalt.

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•   H. Bijvanck 

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1 Bijvanck: "eerbiedwaardig"
2 Bijvanck: "ontglinsteren"
3 Bijvanck: "krone"

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1882-3?, appears in Tijdkrans [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 Henk Bijvanck (1909 - 1969), "O, eerbiedwaardig hoofd", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frits Celis (b. 1929), "Winter I", op. 53a no. 1 (1995) [ soprano and string quartet ], from Tijdkrans I, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vic Nees (b. 1936), "O eerbiedweerdig hoofd" [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jos Watelet (1881 - 1951), "O Eerbiedweerdig Hoofd" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "O Eerbiedweerdig hoofd", subtitle: "Nieuwjaarsmaand!" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

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