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by Otto Jacob (Jacobi? Jakobi?) (1803 - 1855)

Es strahlt am Himmelsrande
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es strahlt am Himmelsrande
  Ein Stern so lieb und mild,
Der [kommt]1 aus Morgenlande,
  Und schwebt durch das Gefild.

Er schwebt mit Silberblinken
  Den Weisen hell voran,
Und kommt auch mir zu winken,
  Wie er [zuvor]2 gethan.

Er ist mir nicht verloren,
  Ich seh' ihn, wo er hält;
Uns ist der Christ geboren,
  Der Heiland dieser Welt!

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•   E. Humperdinck 

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1 Humperdinck: "stammt"
2 Humperdinck: "dereinst"

Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Jacob (Jacobi? Jakobi?) (1803 - 1855), no title, appears in Weihnachtslieder, no. 1 [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 Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Es strahlt am Himmelsrande", op. 11 (Fünf Weihnachtslieder) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Oldenburg, Schulze [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Das Licht der Welt", from Weihnachtslieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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