Hoe schoon de morgendauw,
hoe schoon de versche blommen,
hoe schoon de zonnestraal,
die door dien dreupel beeft;
hoe schoon moet ginder zijn
dat [hier wij]1 schoonheid nommen,
en dat maar eenen glim
van de Opperschoonheid heeft!

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Spelling changes used by Ghesquiere: blommen -> bloemen; nommen -> noemen ; eenen -> enen
Spelling change used by Zagwijn: door -> deur

¹ Van Overeem: "wij hier"

Authorship

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1858 [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), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw" [women's chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Berthe Di Vito-Delvaux (1915 - 2005), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw", op. 211 no. 2 (2000). [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Remi Aloys Ghesquiere (1866 - 1964), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw", 1946. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Arthur Meulemans (1884 - 1966), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw", 1964. [reciter and string orchestra] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ivo Mortelmans , "Hoe schoon de Morgendauw", 1932. [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw", 1900. [soprano and orchestra or piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Schoonheid" [women's chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by J. M. Servaes , "Hoe schoon de morgendauw" [three-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anthon Van der Horst (1899 - 1965), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw" [voice and piano or organ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Frans Van Lier , "Hoe schoon de morgendauw" [voice, unaccompanied] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mario Van Overeem , "Hoe schoon de morgendauw", op. 29 no. 1 (1924) [voice and piano], from Tien zangstukken, no. 1, Bruxelles [Brussel] : Schott [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Omer Van Puyvelde (1912 - 1980), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw", 1949. [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Frans Verhelst , "Hoe schoon de morgendauw" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Hoe schoon de morgendauw" [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-20
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