by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Ein Schmetterling umtanzte meine Kerze
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Schmetterling umtanzte meine Kerze Und taumelte, versengt, ins Tintenfass. Was Wunder nun, wenn bunte Liebesscherze Bei Kerzenschein hier blüh'n aus dunklem Nass.
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Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, written 1821, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 3. Dritter Strauß. Entfremdet [or Gemieden], no. 28, first published 1836 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Rudi Spring (1962 - 2025), "Ein Schmetterling umtanzte meine Kerze", op. 94d no. 5 (2016) [ tenor and piano ], from Rückert-Liederbuch: Kleiner Tenorzyklus, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Rudi Spring
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-07
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