by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)
Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak, langs ongehoord te vooren en ongezien, in 't looverdak, den [nachtegaal]1 te hooren, die, vindende al zijn vooizen uit, komt al de vogelchooren, met zijn betooverend, overluid en lief en lang geturelutuit, verduisteren en [versmooren]2!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Zagwijn: "nachtergaal"
2 Zagwijn: "versmooren,/ zijn lief geturelureluretuit!/ Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak,/ langs ongehoord te vooren/ en ongezien, in 't looverdak,/ den nachtergaal te hooren."
Text Authorship:
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 1850-80 [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 Jean-Paul Byloo (b. 1949), "Hoe lief is 't op 'n lovertak" [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Cornélie Cathérine Reynvaan (1854 - 1934), "Hoe lief is 't, op nen loovertak", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Zeven liederen, no. 2, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Steegmans (b. 1957), "Nachtegaal" [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "De Nachtergaal" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-09-02
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