Auf den Tod eines Kindes

Die Schönheit ist den Kindern eigen,
Ist Gottes Ebenbild vielleicht;
Ihr Eigentum ist Ruh und Schweigen,
Das Engeln auch zum Lob gereicht.

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) , "Auf den Tod eines Kindes", from Gedichte 1806-1843

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

by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927-) , "Auf den Tod eines Kindes", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 10.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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