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by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)

Mondenschein, stiller Mondenschein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mondenschein, stiller Mondenschein,
Eile zu ihrem Kämmerlein!
Du sollst sie oftmals grüßen,
Mondenschein, darfst sie küssen!
Willst du mein Bote sein?

Nachtigall, traute Nachtigall,
Fliege mit deinem Liederschall,
Fliege zu ihr und sage,
Was ich im Herzen trage
Ueberall, überall!

Rosenduft, süßer Rosenduft,
Schwinge dich durch die Abendluft,
Eile mit deinem Wehen!
Schmeichler, sie wird es verstehen,
Daß dich die Liebe ruft!

Aber der treuste Bote hier
Plaudert den ganzen Tag von ihr;
Immerfort muß er springen,
Fröhliche Kunde mir bringen,
Eile mein Herz zu ihr!

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•   E. Hanslick 

E. Hanslick sets stanzas 1-3

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Note: when stanza 1, line 5 is repeated in Hanslick's song, it becomes "Willst du wohl mein Bote sein?"


Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867), "Botschaft", appears in Gedichte, in Liebe, Wanderschaft, Heimkehr [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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Mondenschein", op. 225 (5 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1862 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Botschaft", op. 8 (8 Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Hackel (1799 - 1846), "Die Bothschaft", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Trentsensky und Vierweg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Hanslick (1825 - 1904), "Botschaft", published 1882, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus der Jugendzeit, no. 6, Berlin: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Otto Keycher , "Botschaft", op. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Botschaft", op. 13 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder für 2 Sopranstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1846 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-10-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 94

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