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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Vorabend
 (Sung text for setting by F. Curschmann)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Was streift vorbei im Dämmerlicht?
War's nicht mein holdes Kind?
Und wehten aus dem Körbchen nicht
Die Rosendüfte lind?

Ja, morgen ist das Maienfest!
O morgen welche Lust!
Wann sie sich glänzend schauen läßt,
Die Röslein an der Brust.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, erster Band, Verlag der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1898, page 24.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Vorabend", op. 1 (Sechs Gedichte für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 5, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Vorabend"

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Veille", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

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