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by Karoline (or Caroline) Wilhelmine Leonhardt (1811 - 1899)

Gruss an Madonna
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ist meine Seele bang und trübe
blick ich empor zu Dir;
Maria Bild der reinsten Liebe, 
gegrüsset seist Du mir!

Du bist auf reinen Himmelshöhen
dem Gottessohne gleich,
wirst auch als Weib das Herz verstehen,
Maria gnadenreich!

Du sahst Dein Liebstes von Dir scheiden,
kennst jede Erdennoth;
Dein Vorbild tröstet mich im Leiden,
Du flehst für mich im Tod!

Das Licht das uns Dein Sohn gegeben,
die Blüthen sind von Dir,
das stille schöne Liebesleben
gegrüsset seist Du mir!

Text Authorship:

  • by Karoline (or Caroline) Wilhelmine Leonhardt (1811 - 1899) [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 Adolf Eduard Marschner (1819 - 1853), "Gruss an Madonna", op. 14 (3 Gesänge für hohen und tiefen Sopran mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1841 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Gruss an Madonna", op. 123 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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