H437
Schöne Fremde
This is one of Fanny Hensel’s works for a cappella SATB choir, included as the second of six songs in her Gartenlieder, opus 3, which were the only choral compositions she ever published. This work was composed in 1846 and is based on text by Eichendorff.
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HenselPushers edition notes:
This work appears in MA Ms. 49.
This work was published in late 1846 in Gartenlieder, op.3.
Text:
Es rauschen die Wipfel und schauern,
als heilten zu dieser Stund'
um die halbverfallenen Mauern
die alten Götter die Rund'.Hier unter den Myrtenbäumen
in heimlich dämmernder Pracht,
was sprichst du wirr wie in Träumen
zu mir, phantastische Nacht?Es funkeln mir zu alle Sterne
mit glühendem Liebesblick,
es redet trunken die Ferne
von künftigem, großen Glück!