by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy, née Klencke (1783 - 1856)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n, Wie hab' ich dich vermißt, Du süßes Herz, es ist so schön Wenn treu die Treue küßt. Was frommt des Maien holde Zier? Du warst mein Frühlingsstrahl, Licht meiner Nacht, o, lächle mir Im Tode noch einmal. Sie trat hinein, beim Vollmondsschein, Sie blickte himmelwärts, "Im Leben fern, im Tode dein." Und sanft brach Herz an Herz.
Note: The libretto of Chézy's initial version of her play, with the title Rosamunde, Fürstinn von Cypern, which was staged in 1823 in Vienna with Schubert's music, is lost. This original version of the play comprises 4 acts. The manuscript of a revised version of Rosamunde in 5 acts has lately been discovered and published (see reference above). Axa's Romanze (Ariette) set by Schubert appears in the beginning of act 3 in the initial version (act 4 in the revised version).
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Romanze", alternate title: "Ariette", op. 26 no. 1, D 797 no. 3b (1823), published 1824, first performed 1823 [ alto and orchestra ], from the incidental music to Rosamunde, no. 3b, Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 601, Wien (Schubert's version for voice and piano)
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy, née Klencke (1783 - 1856), no title
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Romance (uit 'Rosamunde')", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Martin Stock) , "The full moon shines on mountaintops", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Romance", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Ré lán ag lonrú ar an sliabh", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Splende la luna piena sulle cime dei monti", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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