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Confirmed with Chamissos Werke, herausgegeben von Heinrich Kurz, Leipzig, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1878, pages 293-294.

Text Authorship:

• by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Das Malerzeichen [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 Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Willkommen, du Gottes Sonne", op. 39 (6 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Willkommen, du Gottessonne", op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 1, published 1852 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger ; published in 1854 for soprano or tenor and piano ; confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin, 1861, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, page 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810 - 1849), "Willkommen, du Gottes Sonne! ", op. 15 (Zwei Duette für Sopran und Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1832 [ vocal duet for soprano and bass with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Normand A. Pepin (b. 1933), "Willkommen, du Gottes Sonne", 2000 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinrich Reinhardt (1865 - 1922), "Willkommen, du Gottes Sonne", op. 78 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ high voice and piano ], Wien, Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Welcome, you sun of God", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-03
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Word count: 37