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by Paul Heinze (1858 - 1912)

Sonnenuntergang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schon dunkelt es über den Wäldern,
nun wird es so feierlich still;
die flammende Seele des Tages,
die Sonne verscheiden will.

Noch einmal grüßt sie herüber,
von heil'gen Gluten entfacht,
und schmückt mit Purpurgewölken
liebreich die feindliche Nacht.

O du brechendes Weltenauge
selig verlöschenden Scheins,
hinströmen mein tiefstes Wesen
möcht' ich mit dir in Ein's!

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heinze (1858 - 1912) [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 Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 42 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel; note: in the manuscript, this is number 1 of the set  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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