Magdalena (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by Johannes Brahms) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Magdalena

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA

An dem österlichen Tag
Maria Magdalena ging zu dem Grab;
was fand sie in dem Grabe stehn?
Einen Engel wohlgetan.

Der Engel grüsst sie in der Zeit:
"Den da suchet das vielselige Weib,
er ist erstanden von dem Tod,
den du salben wolltest".

"Maria!" ruft er ihr zu hant,
da erkennt sie ihren Heiland,
sie sah in aller der Gebärde,
sann er ein Wärter wäre.

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Magdalena", op. 22 no. 6 (1859), published 1862 [mixed chorus], from Marienlieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giovanni Duci) , title 1: "Maddalena", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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