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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

O wärst du wie der Wiederhall
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O wärst du wie der Wiederhall,
Der Lieb' auf Liebe wiedergiebt!
Bin ich doch wie die Nachtigall,
Die dann nur singet wenn sie liebt. 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffman von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 425.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 167 [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 Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "O wärst du wie der Wiederhall", op. 6 (Vier Lieder), Heft 2 (Zwei Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 2, published 1855 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 24

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