Seliger Tod

Gestorben war ich
Vor Liebeswonne;
Begraben lag ich
In ihren Armen;
[Erwecket]1 ward ich
Von ihren Küßen;
Den Himmel sah ich
In ihren Augen.

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¹ Beer: "erweckt"

Authorship

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) , "Seliger Tod", from Lieder

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Gary Bachlund , "Seliger Tod", 2009. [medium voice or high voice and piano]
by Max Joseph Beer (1851-1908) , "Seliger Tod", op. 4 (Drei Lieder und Gesänge mit Pianoforte) no. c, published [1874] [voice and piano], Wien: V. Kratochwill ; Leipzig: R. Forberg
by Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877-1943) , "Seliger Tod", published 1902/3 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder, no. 1.
by Robert Fuchs (1847-1927) , "Seliger Tod", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock
by F. Hernandez , "Seliger Tod", published 1899 [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Robitschek
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849) , "Seliger Tod", op. 24 (6 Gedichte von Uhland) no. 3, published 1845 [quartet of male voices or men's chorus a cappella], Mainz, Schott
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Gestorben war ich", S. 308, published 1850.
by George W. Marston (1840-1901) , "Seliger Tod", published 1890 [tenor or soprano and piano], from the collection Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 7, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt

SPA Spanish (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Yo había muerto", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Bienheureuse mort", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Blissful death", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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