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by Anton Prokesch-Osten (1795 - 1876)

Abend
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Herrlich steigt der Abend nieder,
Weiche Weste wehen wieder,
Säuseln süß wie Liebesflöten
Und ein wundersam Erröthen
Wacht am ganzen Himmel auf,
Herz, o Herz, jetzt schließ' dich auf! 

Schweigend stehn die dunklen Bäume,
Über sich [die]1 ew'gen Räume,
Mondbeglänzte Sternenfluren,
Und der Milchbahn Silberspuren 
[Weisen eines]2 Gottes Lauf;
Herz, o Herz, jetzt schließ' dich auf! 

[Funken]3 glühn vor meinen Augen,
Licht' und dunkle Wesen saugen
Liebeglühend, [liebverlangend]4 
An der ew'gen Mutter hangend 
Lust und Kraft für ihren Lauf;
Herz, o Herz, jetzt schließ' dich auf!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   B. Randhartinger 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Randhartinger: "der"
2 Randhartinger: "Künden meines"
3 Randhartinger: "Würmchen"
4 Randhartinger: "liebempfangend"

Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Prokesch-Osten (1795 - 1876), "Abend", appears in Wanderung, in Venedig [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 Louise Dessarz-Khom , "Abend", published 1830? [ voice and piano ], from VI Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Abend", op. 37 no. 8, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Des Sängers Feierstunden. Ein Cyclus von Liedern, no. 8, Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Abend" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2013-04-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 90

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