by Eugène Nielen Marai (1871 - 1936)
Hart‑van‑die‑dagbreek
Language: Afrikaans
‘Die Spore van die Hart-van-die-Dagbreek! Lank het ek dit in die dou gesien voor die son dit doodvee; die klein spoortjies van Nampti wat my hart laat sing.’
Confirmed with Eugène Marais, Versamelde werke, red. Leon Rousseau. Pretoria : J.L. van Schaik, 1984
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Nielen Marai (1871 - 1936), "Hart-van-die-Dagbreek", subtitle: "Lied van die woestynlewerkie deur die klein Boesmanmeidjie Nampti vertolk" [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 Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen (1909 - 2000), "Hart-van-die-dagbreek", 1943, copyright © 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Die liedere van Rosa Nepgen ; Vol.3 ; Drie Marais-liedere, no. 2, Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk ; Amsterdam : Alsbach, Kaapstad [etc.] [sung text not yet checked]
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