Zacht is uw hand, o windeke,
streelende langs mijn haar,
of het de hand van een kindeke
een spelend kindeke waar'.

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Spelling changes used by Remmers: streelende -> strelende

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1855? [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 Frans Dooms , "Zacht is uw hand ", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Herman Meima (1905 - 1999), "Zacht is uw hand, o windeke", 1976 [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ivo Oscar Mortelmans (1901 - 1984), "Zacht is uw hand", 1942 [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Cornelius Theodorus Remmers , "Zacht is Uw hand, o windeke" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Zacht is uw hand, o windeke", op. 52 no. 19 (1904), published 19--? [ voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 19, Utrecht : Jac. van Rennes [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-01
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Word count: 21