by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933)
Licht athmend steigt aus brandenden...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT
Licht athmend steigt aus brandenden Wellen Die Morgensonne purpurn herauf, Und leise Winde mächtiger schwellen Der fernen Segler schimmernden Lauf. Nun will die Brust sich freudiger dehnen Der Allmacht Odem weht um mich her. Ich grüße dich in heiligem Sehnen, Du Spiegel Gottes, ewiges Meer!
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Authorship:
- by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933) [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "An das Meer", op. 83 (Zehn [formerly Acht] Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1904 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Lauterbach & Kuhn [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Licht athmend steigt aus brandenden Wellen", op. 25 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor ) no. 1, published 1889 [ mixed chorus ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-02
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