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Ich blicke hinab in die Gasse, Dort drüben hat sie gewohnt; Das öde, verlassene Fenster, Wie hell bescheint's der Mond. Es gibt so viel zu beleuchten; O holde Strahlen des Lichts, Was [webt]1 ihr denn gespenstisch Um jene Stätte des Nichts!
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Authorship
- by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Spuk", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, in Ein frühes Liebesleben, no. 6 [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, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Spuck", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1879 [voice and piano], Wien, Rörich [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Spuk", 1905 [voice and piano], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 47 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "In der Gasse", op. 58 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 6 (1868?), published 1872 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Spuk", op. 16 (Fünf Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel) no. 5 [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Apparition", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I gaze down the lane: Over there, she used to live; That desolate, abandoned window, How brightly does the moon shine on it! There is so much to illuminate; Oh lovely beams of light, Why do you weave so eerily About this place of nothingness?
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Spuk", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, in Ein frühes Liebesleben, no. 6
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45