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Lichtlein schwimmen auf dem Strome, Kinder singen auf der Brücken, Glocke, Glöckchen fügt vom Dome Sich der Andacht, dem Entzücken. Lichtlein schwinden, Sterne schwinden; Also lös'te sich die Seele Unsres Heil'gen, nicht verkünden Durft' er anvertraute Fehle. Lichtlein, schwimmet! spielt ihr Kinder! Kinderchor, o! singe, singe! Und verkündiget nicht minder Was den Stern zu Sternen bringe!
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "St. Nepomucks Vorabend", written 1820, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches [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 Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "St. Nepomuks Vorabend", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Lieder und Gesänge, no. 18, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "St. Nepomuks Vorabend", published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Suter (1870 - 1926), "St. Nepomuks Vorabend", op. 22 (Vier Lieder für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "St. Nepomuks Vorabend", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 20, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Sankt Nepomuks Vorabend", Z 128 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Lieder für die Altstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "St. Nepomuks Vorabend", op. 51 no. 10, published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Eve of St. Nepomuk's Day", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Veille de la Saint Nepomuk", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La vigilia di San Nepomuceno", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
Small lights float upon the river, children are singing on the bridges, and both the large bells and the small are tolling from the cathedral conforming with this mood of devotion and enchantment. The small lights are disappearing, the stars are disappearing; thus did the soul of our saint dissolve, for he could not divulge the sins that had been confided in him. Little light, float! Sing, you children! Choir of children, o sing, sing on! And declare no less what brings a star to the stars!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "St. Nepomucks Vorabend", written 1820, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 87