by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
Schön ist's, wenn zwei Sterne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schön ist's, wenn zwei Sterne Nah sich stehn am Firmament, Schön, wenn zweier Rosen Röte ineinander brennt. Doch in Wahrheit! immer Ist's am schönsten anzusehn: Wie zwei, so sich lieben, Selig beieinander stehn.
E. Wooge sets stanza 1
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Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Der schönste Anblick", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Der schönste Anblick", 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Waldemar Edler von Baußnern (1866 - 1931), "Der schönste Anblick", op. 1 (Einhundert Lieder und Gesänge) no. 45 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Borinski (1861 - 1922), "Der schönste Anblick", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Raphael Hennig (1845 - 1914), "Der schönste Augenblick", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Wangemann (1848 - 1914), "Der schönste Augenblick", op. 30 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Emma Wooge (1857 - 1935), "Der schönste Anblick", op. 18 no. 1, published >>1900 [ vocal trio for female voices ]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 33