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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

O Liebe, schönste Blume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  O Liebe, schönste Blume,
Wie keine mir gefällt;
Aus Gottes Heiligthume
Verpflanzt in diese Welt!
  Viel tausend Blumen blühen
Im Thal und auf den Höhn;
Doch keine sah ich glühen 
Wie dich so schön, so schön!

  Und, ach! wie bald verwehen
Sie all' in kurzer Zeit;
Du aber mußt bestehen,
Und blühst in Ewigkeit!
  O Liebe, schönste Blume!
Wer dich gefunden hat, 
Der wird, von deinem Ruhme 
Zu singen, nimmer satt!

Confirmed with Deutsche Dichter-Gaben: eine Sammlung bisher ungedruckter Gedichte der namhaftesten deutschen Dichter, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1868, pages 33 - 34.

Also confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 214-215.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "O Liebe, schönste Blume!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 243 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "O Liebe, schönste Blume", op. 5 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Kamm (1845 - 1897), "O Liebe, schönste Blume", op. 25 no. 7, published 1896 [ men's chorus ], St. Gallen: F. Kamm [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "O Liebe, schönste Blume", op. 78 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 4, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "O Liebe, schönste Blume" [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-10-12
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