Das stille Königreich (Busse, set by (Alban Maria Johannes Berg)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Karl (or Carl) Busse (1872 - 1918)

Das stille Königreich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

Es gibt ein stilles Königreich,
ist keinem Land der Erde gleich,
liegt über Wolken und Winden.
O weh, wer wird es finden?
Und wer es findt, ich sag es dir:
Wer so in Sehnsucht lebt wie wir.

Authorship

by Karl (or Carl) Busse (1872 - 1918) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Das stille Königreich", 1908 [voice and piano], from the collection Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 78. [
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Researcher for this text: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 37