by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Wo ruhig sich und wilder
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wo ruhig sich und wilder Unstete Wellen teilen, Des Lebens schöne Bilder Und Kläng verworren eilen, Wo ist der sichre Halt? So ferne, was wir sollen, So dunkel, was wir wollen, Faßt alle die Gewalt.
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Motto", op. 49 no. 1 (1933) [baritone, men's chorus, and chamber orchestra], from Kantate. Nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
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