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possibly by Emilie Wilhelmine Bertha Behrens (1848 - 1912), as Wilhelmine Heimburg

Mondschein am Himmel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Mondschein am Himmel,
Unter Bäumen ein Platz,
Dort suchte mich abends
Mein schwarzäugiger Schatz. 

So schwarz seine Augen,
So rot sein Mund,
So golden der Mondschein,
O selige Stund'! 

So selig, so wonnig,
So wunderbar lieb,
O, ihr Sterne am Himmel,
Wenn's immer so blieb.

Mond ist gegangen  --

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with W. Heimburg's gesammelte Romane und Novellen, erster Band: Aus dem Leben meiner alten Freundin, Leipzig: Ernst Keil's Nachfolger. Chapters are not numbered, page 75. It is unclear if this is a quotation or an original poem. Note: the poem is interrupted in the story.


Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Emilie Wilhelmine Bertha Behrens (1848 - 1912), as Wilhelmine Heimburg, no title, appears in Aus dem Leben meiner alter Freundin, first published 189-? [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 Johanna Elisabeth Bandisch (b. 1842), "Volkslied", op. 5 (Zwei Volkslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Kauffmann (1855 - 1934), "Mondschein am Himmel", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1880 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Pfitzner (1858 - ?), "Mondschein am Himmel", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rud. Dietrich [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul J. Seelig (1876 - 1945), "Mädchenlied", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Weidenhagen (1862 - 1922), "Mondschein am Himmel", published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Magdeburg, Rathke [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-08
Line count: 13
Word count: 48

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