possibly by Eduard Neumann (1862 - 1937) and possibly by 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 schien 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.
Note: the Graben-Hoffmann score indicates the author of the text as Julius Ude, but the Verzeichniss des Musikalien-Verlags von Fr. Kistner, Leipzig of 1894 indicates the poet as E. Neumann for the same vocal piece.
Authorship
- possibly by Eduard Neumann (1862 - 1937) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- possibly by Julius Ude [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 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]
Researcher for this text: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 54