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In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht Gehen Engel um auf leisen Sohlen; Blonde Engel, innig und verstohlen, Küssen sie die schönsten [Menschenblumen]1. [Tausendschönchen, allerliebste]2 Blume, Weiß es wohl, woher [der Schimmer]3 stammet, Der dir heut das Antlitz überflammet: Bist noch in dem Traum der Nacht verloren. Denkst der Engel, die durchs [kleine]4 Fenster Sich auf Mondesstrahlen zu dir schwangen, [Leise dir zu küssen]5 Mund und Wangen In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with [Paul Heyse], Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, Königl. Hofbuchhändler, 1850, page 177.
1 Grimm: "Blumen"2 Grimm: "Süßes Herzlieb, allerschönste"
3 Grimm: "die Glorie"
4 Grimm: "off'ne"
5 Grimm: "Hauchten leisen Kuss auf"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Fedelint und Funzifudelchen, first published 1850 [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "In der Mondnacht", 1848 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872 - 1948), "In der Mondnacht", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht", op. 32 (Drei Duette für Frauenstimmen mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ vocal duet for female voices and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht", op. 33, published 1897 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht ", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (T.) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "In der Mondnacht", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1853 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hansen-Tebel (d. c1952), "In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Karlsruhe, Kiener & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), no title, op. 46 no. 6 (1906), published 1906 [ voice and piano trio ], from Sieben Lieder mit Klaviertrio nach Paul Heyses "Jungbrunnen", no. 6, Berlin: Verlag von Albert Stahl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "In der Mondnacht", op. 24 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Frühlingsmondnacht", op. 8 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem "Jungbrunnen" v. P. Heyse) no. 9, published 1883 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 78
In the moonlit night, in the moonlit night in springtime Angels walk about on quiet feet; Blond angels, devout and stealthy, They kiss the most beautiful [human]1 flowers. [Meadow daisy, dearest]2 flower, Knows well whence the [shimmer]3 comes, Which flames upon your face today: You are still lost in the dream of night. You are thinking of the angels who through the [little]4 window Descended to you upon moonbeams [Quietly to kiss]5 your lips and cheeks In the moonlit night, in the moonlit night in springtime.
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Translated titles:
"In der Mondnacht" = "In the moonlit night"
"In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht" = "In the moonlit night, in the moonlit night in springtime"
"Frühlingsmondnacht" = "Moonlit night in springtime"
2 Grimm: "Sweet beloved of my heart, most beautiful"
3 Grimm: "splendour"
4 Grimm: "open"
5 Grimm: "To breathe quiet kisses upon"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Fedelint und Funzifudelchen, first published 1850
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 91