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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Middelhavsnat
 (Sung text for setting by A. Backer-Grøndahl)
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Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  FRE
Der drager ved nat over havet
et stemmekor,
en sang saa stor -
stiger fra bølgevrimlen
svulmende op imod himlen.

Jeg sidder og lytter og lytter,
ser ud, ser ud,
aa Gud, aa Gud,
nattens brusende orgel
spiller Vorherre paa!

Composition:

    Set to music by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Middelhavsnat", op. 31 (Ti Sange til Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 4 (1893), published 1894 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), no title, appears in Sange fra Syden: Reiseindtryk og stemninger, in Middelhav, in Middelhavsnat, no. 1, first published 1893

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-10-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 40

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