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by Eduard Neumann (1862 - 1937) and sometimes misattributed to Julius Ude

Der schönste Engel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sah dich unter Blüten,
doch kam dir keine gleich.
Die Lilien erglühten,
die Rosen wurden bleich.

Manch Sternlein [lacht]1 hernieder,
du bist das reinste Licht,
du bist von Gottes Liedern
das lieblichste Gedicht.

Und gehst du von den Mängeln
der Welt zum Himmel ein,
so wirst du unter Engeln
der schönste Engel sein.

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•   G. Graben-Hoffmann 

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Confirmed with Eduard Neumann, Gedichte , Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1863, page 16. Appears in Erste Liebe.

Note: the Graben-Hoffmann score erroneously indicates the author of the text as Julius Ude.

1 Graben-Hoffmann: "schien"

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Neumann (1862 - 1937), appears in Gedichte, in Erste Liebe [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • sometimes misattributed to Julius Ude

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Der schönste Engel", op. 49 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-06-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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