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by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)

Kurz ist dein Glück, o Nachtigall
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kurz ist dein Glück, o Nachtigall, 
Und traumhaft wie die Frühlingsnacht, 
Die dir in süßem Widerhall
Die Liederbrust ertönen macht.

Doch wie's auch schnell vorüber zieht,
Mir zeigt's erst recht, wie arm ich bin!   ---
Ein kurzes Glück,   ---   ein schönes Lied,   ---
Ich gäb' darum mein Leben hin!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Wallnöfer 

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Confirmed with Deutsche Lyrik seit Goethe's Tode, neue Ausgabe, zwölfte verbesserte Auflage, Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., 1886. page 277.


Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Für ein kurzes Glück " [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 Gustav Erlanger (1842 - 1908), "Für ein kurzes Glück", op. 50 (Acht Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Milcke , "Für ein kurzes Glück", op. 9 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Ein kurzes Glück", op. 43 (Sieben Lieder für 1 tiefere oder mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1892 [ low voice or medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

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