by (Friedrich) Christian Kirchhoff (1822 - 1894)
Mond und Sterne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mond und Sterne Schauen still. Fernste Ferne, Stille still! Geil'ger Frieden Ueberall. Schlaft, ihr Müden, Alle all. Träumt von Sternen, Liebumwohnt, Sel'gen Fernen, Gold'nem Mond.
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Confirmed with Adelpha. Gedichte der Brüder Christian und Theodor Kirchhoff, Erster Band, Altona, Carl Theod. Schlüter, 1872, page 159.
Authorship:
- by (Friedrich) Christian Kirchhoff (1822 - 1894), "Sternlied II", appears in Adelpha, in 1. Erster Band: Die Rose vom Rhein [und] Magnolien vom Mississippi, in Gedichte, in 1. Leben, first published 1869 [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 Louis Bödecker (1845 - 1899), "Mond und Sterne schauen still", op. 5 (Vier Lieder [von Chr. Kirchhoff] für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
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