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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Mondliedchen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Wie der Mond so schön scheint, 
Und die Nachtigall singt, 
Wie lustig mags im Himmel sein
Beim kleinen Jesuskind!

Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn, dritter Band, Berlin: Arnim'sche Verlag, 1846, page 427. Appears in Kinderlieder.


Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Mondliedchen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Jacob Ehrhart (flourished c1882), "Mondliedchen", op. 2, Heft 2 no. 7, published 1882 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Acht Liedlein aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn den Kleinen vorzusingen für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Mondliedchen", op. 94 (Fünf Lieder für zwei Sopranstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1853 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Mondliedchen", op. 92 (Sechs alte deutsche Volkslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, M. Hesse [sung text not yet checked]

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