by Moritz Amster (1831 - 1903)
Du blickst so scheu in's Auge mir
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du blickst so scheu in's Auge mir, als wär' ich fremd dir, holdes Kind, allein es weiss ja alle Welt, dass wir schon längst Verliebte sind! Erheb' dein Aug' und lass' mich schau'n hinein in seine Märchenpracht, dass träumend um mich her die Welt, zu einem Paradies erwacht!
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Confirmed with Buchenblätter. Dichtungen aus der Bukowina, ed. by Wilhelm Capilleri, Czernowitz: Rudolf Eckhardt, 1864. Appears in Amster's Lieder, no. 1, page 11.
Authorship:
- by Moritz Amster (1831 - 1903), no title [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 Heinrich Reinhardt (1865 - 1922), "Du blickst so scheu in's Auge mir", op. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Gabriela Semlitsch
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