by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Ein Schmetterling fliegt über mir
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Schmetterling fliegt über mir. Süße Seele, wo fliegst du hin? - Von Blume zu Blume - von Stern zu Stern -! Der Sonne zu.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Vormittag-Skizzenbuch, no. 4 [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 Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Schmetterling", 1956/7, rev. 2003 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 3, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Der Schmetterling", 1928, from 13 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-30
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