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by Thekla Lingen (1866 - 1931)

O wärst du gekommen, da sie dich rief!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O wärst du gekommen, da sie dich rief!
Du hättest die Rose gefunden -- sie schlief
Und träumte und träumte die ganze Nacht --
O wärst du gekommen -- sie wäre erwacht!
 
Wie wär' ihr so süss, so süss geschehn,
Und musste im eigenen Duft vergehn,
Und war doch so jung und heiss und rot -
O wärst du gekommen! ... Nun ist sie tot ...

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Confirmed with Thekla Lingen, Am Scheidewege, Verlegt bei Schuster & Loeffler, Berlin und Leipzig, 1898, page 24.


Text Authorship:

  • by Thekla Lingen (1866 - 1931), "Toter Wunsch", appears in Am Scheidewege, first published 1898 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Toter Wunsch", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Todter Wunsch", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adam Teleki , "Toter Wunsch" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-06-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

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