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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Minnelied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Elfentanz
im Mondenglanz
auf der Au im Abendtau;
auf der Stirn' den Blütenkranz
schwebt vorbei die schönste Frau,
wie sie kaum
der zart'ste Traum
meinem Geist
erscheinen heißt,
lacht mich an die schönste Frau
wie Gestalt geword'ner Maientraum.

Du allein,
Geliebte mein,
kannst die Allerschönste sein,
bin ich auch im Blütenhain
träumerisch singend hier allein;
denn im Tau
mondheller Au
glänzt dein Bild
mir maienmild,
lacht mich an, die schönste Frau,
dass selig ich's im Traume schau'.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) [author's text not yet checked 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 Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Minnelied", op. 36 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-06-18
Line count: 22
Word count: 77

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