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by Friedrich August Leo (1820 - 1898)

Weißt du, was das Lied bedeutet
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weißt du, was das Lied bedeutet,
Das die Liebe träumt und singt?
Weißt dt, was die Glocke läutet,
Wenn sie durch den Abend klingt?

Glocke läutet durch die Auen
Ruh und Frieden stiller Nacht,
Und das Lied soll Dir vertrauen,
Daß die Liebe Dein gedacht.
 
Wenn der Mond herauf gekommen,
Lauscht man gern dem Feierklang; --
Warum hast Du nicht genommen,
Was Dir treue Liebe sang?

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich August Leo (1820 - 1898), "Weißt du, was das Lied bedeutet", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Lyrisches [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 Jan van den Eeden (1842 - 1917), "Weisst du, was das Lied bedeutet", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Weißt du, was das Lied bedeutet", op. 6 (Vier Lieder), Heft 1 (Zwei Gedichte von F. A. Leo) no. 1, published 1855 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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