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by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)

Mondenschein, stiller Mondenschein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mondenschein, stiller Mondenschein,
Eile zu ihrem [Kämmerlein]1!
Du sollst sie oftmals grüßen,
Mondenschein, [darfst]2 sie küssen!
Willst du mein Bote sein?

Nachtigall, traute Nachtigall,
[Fliege]3 mit deinem Liederschall,
[Fliege]3 zu ihr und sage,
[Was ich]4 im Herzen trage
Ueberall, überall!

Rosenduft, süßer Rosenduft,
[Schwinge dich]5 durch die Abendluft,
[Eile]6 mit deinem Wehen!
Schmeichler, sie [wird es]7 verstehen,
Daß dich die Liebe ruft!

Aber der treuste Bote hier
Plaudert den ganzen Tag von ihr;
Immerfort muß er springen,
Fröhliche Kunde mir bringen,
Eile mein Herz zu ihr!

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•   E. Hanslick 

E. Hanslick sets stanzas 1-3

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Note: when stanza 1, line 5 is repeated in Hanslick's song, it becomes "Willst du wohl mein Bote sein?"

1 Abt: "Fensterlein"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Hanslick: "du darfst"
3 Hanslick: "Flieg'"
4 Hanslick: "Dass ich sie"
5 Hanslick: "Schwinge"
6 Hanslick: "Eile hin"
7 Hanslick: "wird's wohl"

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867), "Botschaft", appears in Gedichte, in Liebe, Wanderschaft, Heimkehr [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Mondenschein", op. 225 (5 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1862 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Botschaft", op. 8 (8 Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Hackel (1799 - 1846), "Die Bothschaft", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Trentsensky und Vierweg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Hanslick (1825 - 1904), "Botschaft", published 1882, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus der Jugendzeit, no. 6, Berlin: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Otto Keycher , "Botschaft", op. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Botschaft", op. 13 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder für 2 Sopranstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1846 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-10-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 94

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