by (Gottlob Ferdinand) Max(imilian) Gottfried von Schenkendorf (1783 - 1817) and sometimes misattributed to Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)
Es zieht aus weiter Ferne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es zieht aus weiter Ferne Ein Lied zu euch [hinein]1, Das klingt vom Weihnachtssterne Und hellem Lichterschein, Das klinget wohl auch leise Von Treue manchen Tag, Die [fremder]2 Lust und Weise Sich nimmer schicken mag.
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: the Bruch score gives Simrock as the author; however, the text appears as the unnumbered prelude to three numbered Weihnachtslieder by Schenkendorf.
1 Bruch: "herein"
2 later editions of the poem have "fremde"
Text Authorship:
- by (Gottlob Ferdinand) Max(imilian) Gottfried von Schenkendorf (1783 - 1817), no title, written 1814/6?, appears in Weihnachtslieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Weihnachtsliedchen", subtitle: "Im Volkston", op. 60 (Neun Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 8, published 1892 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 35