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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Lunovis

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Lunovis in planitie stat
Cultrumque magn' expectitat.
   Lunovis.

Lunovis herba rapta it
In montes, unde cucurrit.
   Lunovis.

Lunovis habet somnium:
Se culmen rer' ess' omnium.
   Lunovis.

Lunovis mane mortuumst.
Sol ruber atque ips' albumst.
   Lunovis.

Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Galgenlieder, Berlin: Verlag von Bruno Cassirer, 1914, Page 11.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Lunovis" [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 Dieter Bäumle (1935 - 1981), "Lunovis", first performed 1973 [ chorus and chamber orchestra ], from Galgenlieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Lunovis", from Galgenlieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Lunovis" [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Lunovis", op. 19b (Galgenliederbuch, 2. Folge) no. 7 (1983/96), published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenliederbuch nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 14, München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 35