Appelbloeien,
half ontloken,
blijer rood ik
zelden zag
als uw' bleekbloe --
roode blomkes,
versch ontluikende
in den dag.

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Spelling changes used by Meima: bleekbloeroode blomkes -> bleekbloedrode blomkens ; versch -> vers

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1895 [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 Jean-Paul Byloo (b. 1949), "Appelbloeien" [women's chorus a cappella] [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Herman Meima (1905 - 1999), "Appelbloeien", 1979 [voice and piano], from Bloesem, no. 2. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Alphonse Moortgat (1881 - 1962), "Appelbloeien", 1904-5. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 18