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May 15, 2008 16:06

Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder,
Die ich dir, Geliebte, sang,
Singe sie dann abends wieder
Zu der Laute süßem Klang.

Wenn das Dämmrungsrot dann zieht
Nach dem stillen blauen See,
Und sein letzter Strahl verglühet
Hinter jener Bergeshöh;

Und du singst, was ich gesungen,
Was mir aus der vollen Brust
ohne Kunstgepräng erklungen,
Nur der Sehnsucht sich bewußt:

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dazzlemyhart48 May 15 2008, 20:56:00 UTC
Is this from My Distant Beloved?

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rara_aviz May 15 2008, 21:08:30 UTC
It is! "An die ferne Geliebte." We're studying it in my Music As Literature class (aka Music Appreciation) this unit, along with Dichterliebe by Schumann, La Bonne Chanson by Fauré, Winterreise by Schubert and a couple extraneous Schubert songs, and Les Nuits d'ete by Berlioz. Song cycles.

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dazzlemyhart48 May 16 2008, 03:39:46 UTC
Oh, cool! We learned about a majority of those in Music Historiography. Did you know there's a film called "Distant Beloved" about Beethoven's life? I think Ed Harris is in it...

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