by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915)
Hvorfor vil de røde Flammer spille
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Hvorfor vil de røde Flammer spille
paa den sorte Sky?
Hvorfor blev jeg selv, der længtes stille,
glad paany, paany?
Derfor flamme Skyens Rande røde,
at Guds Sol er nær.
Derfor blev jeg glad, at jeg skal møde
ham, jeg mest har kjær.
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Confirmed with Thor Lange, Fjerne Melodier, Det nordiske Forlag, Kbh., 1902, p. 20.
Text Authorship:
- by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915), no title, appears in Fjerne Melodier, in Slaviske melodier, no. 3, first published 1902 [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 Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894 - 1969), "Hvorfor vil de røde Flammer spille?", op. 6 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Slaviske digte, no. 3, Kristiania [Oslo] : Oluf Bys Musikforlag [sung text not yet checked]
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