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by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius

Der Schnee in der Sonne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wie schöne glänzt der Schnee, [wann jhn]1 die Sonnenstrahlen
Mit [Himmlischen]2 Licht bestreichen und bemalen!
So glänzt auch deine Seel, so ist sie weiß wie Schnee:
[Wann]3 sie beschienen wird vom Aufgang [auß]4 der Höh.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Mendelssohn 

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Confirmed with Angelus Silesius, Cherubinischer Wandersmann (Geistreiche Sinn- und Schlussreime), Abdruck der ersten Ausgabe von 1657. Mit Hinzufügung des sechsten Buches nach der zweiten Ausgabe von 1675, herausgegeben von Georg Ellinger, Halle a.S.: Max Niemayer, 1895, page 90

1 Mendelssohn: "wenn ihn"
2 Mendelssohn: "himmlischem"
3 Mendelssohn: "Wenn"
4 Mendelssohn: "aus"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, "Der Schnee in der Sonne", appears in Cherubinischen Wandersmann, in 4. Vierdtes Buch Geistriecher Sinn- und Schluß-Reime, no. 16 [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 Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Der Schnee in der Sonne", published 1900 [SATB chorus], from Sechs vierstimmige Chorsätze für S., A., T. und B., no. 1, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "The snow in the sun", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-02-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 39

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