by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Am Himmel ist kein Stern
Language: German (Deutsch)
Am Himmel ist kein Stern, Den ich dem Freund nicht gönnte Mein Herz gäb' ich ihm gern, Wenn ich's heraus thun könnte.
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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's gesammelte Poetische Werke, Erster Band, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1882, page 569. Appears in Drittes Buch: Liebesfrühling, Fünfter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen. In other editions, the poem appears in different locations.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title [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 Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800 - 1860), "Volksliedchen", published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling von Fr. Rückert. 9 Lieder , no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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