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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Was sucht du Glück vom1 Mund zu Mund
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was sucht du Glück [vom]1 Mund zu Mund 
Und deiner, ach, ist bleich und kühl? 
Du siehst dich um, dein Herz bleibt stumm,   
Und Lieben ist kein Kinderspiel. 

Die [schönen]2 Flammen sind verglüht, 
Noch eh' der Thau des Abends fiel. 
Die Nacht bricht ein, du bist allein, 
Und Sterben ist kein Kinderspiel.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Wallnöfer 

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Skizzenbuch. Lieder und Bilder, Berlin: Wilhelm Hertz, 1877, page 86. Appears in Neues Leben.

1 Wallnöfer: "von"
2 Wallnöfer: "schönsten"

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Skizzenbuch. Lieder und Bilder, in Neues Leben [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 Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Was suchst du Glück", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Thiemer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Was suchst du Glück", op. 45 (Dreistimmige Gesänge für 2 Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ SSA chorus with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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