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sometimes misattributed to Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803) and by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Selma
 (Sung text for setting by C. Bach)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Eil', o Mai, mit deinem Brautgesange!
Eil', und röthe meines Mädchens Wange,
  Und die Rose für den Hochzeitskranz!
Alles taumelt; mir versiegt der Odem;
Unter meinem Fuße brennt der Boden!
  Eil'! ich überfliege deinen Glanz!

Unsre Seelen schuf im Myrtentale
Gott aus Einem morgenrothen Strahle,
  Ähnlich sich, wie Wechselmelodie'n;
Wie zwei Küsse, nach einander strebend,
Die auf heißen Lippen, wonnebebend,
  Zucken, und zu Einem Küsse glühn!

Composition:

    Set to music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788), "Selma", H 739 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)
  • by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Der Bräutigam", appears in Oden und Lieder

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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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