by (Gottlob Ferdinand) Max(imilian) Gottfried von Schenkendorf (1783 - 1817) and sometimes misattributed to Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)
Es zieht aus weiter Ferne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es zieht aus weiter Ferne Ein Lied zu euch hinein, Das klingt vom Weihnachtssterne Und hellem Lichterschein, Das klinget wohl auch leise Von Treue manchen Tag, Die fremder Lust und Weise Sich nimmer schicken mag.
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View text with all available footnotesNote: the Bruch score gives Simrock as the author; however, the text appears as the unnumbered prelude to three numbered Weihnachtslieder by Schenkendorf.
Authorship:
- by (Gottlob Ferdinand) Max(imilian) Gottfried von Schenkendorf (1783 - 1817), no title, written 1814/6?, appears in Weihnachtslieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Weihnachtsliedchen", subtitle: "Im Volkston", op. 60 (Neun Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 8, published 1892 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-20
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Word count: 35