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by Ephraim Moses Kuh (1731 - 1790)

Venus, wenn du mich willst rühren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Venus, wenn du mich willst rühren,
o, so komm in der Gestalt von Elmiren!
dann entzündest du mich bald.
Aber hast du von Elmiren weiter nichts,
als die Gestalt, mich zu rühren:
dann bleibt doch mein Herze kalt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Benda 

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Confirmed with Hinterlassene Gedichte von Ephraim Moses Kuh, erstes Bändchen, ed. by D. Kausch, Zürich: Orell, Gessner, Füssli, und Comp., 1792, page 216.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ephraim Moses Kuh (1731 - 1790), "An die Venus" [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 Georg (Jiři Antonín) Benda (1722 - 1795), "Venus, wenn du willst mich rühren", published 1780-7, from Sammlung vermischter Clavier- und Singstücke [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 39

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