Erhebung

Gib mir deine Hand,
Nur den Finger, dann
Seh ich diesen ganzen Erdkreis
Als mein Eigen an!

O, wie blüht mein Land!
Sieh dir's doch nur an.
Daß es mit uns über die Wolken
In die Sonne kann!

Authorship

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920) , "Erhebung", from Weib und Welt

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

by Michael Brough (1960-) , "Erhebung", op. 12 (Vierzehn Lieder) no. 13 (1997-8). [voice and piano]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "Erhebung", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 3 (1899).
by Erich J. Wolff (1874-1913) , "Erhebung", op. 8 (Sechs Gedichte von Richard Dehmel) no. 2, published 1907.

by Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953) , "Aspiration", published 1921. [voice and piano or piano trio]

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Elevation", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Élévation", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Opphøyelse", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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