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by Carl Braasch

Leise wehen Frühlingslüfte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Leise wehen Frühlingslüfte
Durch die ruhende Natur, 
Und es strömen süße Düfte 
Her und Feld und Wald und Flur. 
Alles harrt in tiefem Schweigen, 
Alle Blüthen still sich neigen, 
Nur die Blätter flüstern sacht: 
Maiennacht, Maiennacht.  

Still auf uns herniederblinken 
Tausend Sterne hell und klar; 
So viel Kerzen, die uns winken 
An dem großen Weltaltar.
Ruh' ist oben, Ruh' hienieden, 
Alles fühlet Gottesfrieden, 
Alles fühlet deine Macht, 
Maiennacht, Maiennacht! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Carl Braasch  [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die Mainacht", op. 111 (5 Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1854 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Offenbach, André; confirmed with Wiener Modespiegel: Wochenschrift für Mode, schöne Litteratur, Novellistik, Kunst und Theater, erster Jahrgang, ed. by S. Rosenthal and L. Raudnitz, Wien: J. F. Greß, 4 August 1853, page 491, appears in the column, "Theatralisch-musikalische Rundschau", issue no. 31 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Maiennacht", op. 539 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1879 [ mixed chorus ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Fiby (1834 - 1917), "Die Maiennacht", op. 30 (Zwei Chöre für vier Frauenstimmen) no. 1 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Füllekruss (b. 1856), "Maiandacht", op. 101 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1900 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Baptist Zerlett (1859 - 1935), "Maiennacht", op. 53 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 1 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

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