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1. Sonnenuntergang
German source: Friedrich Hölderlin

Wo bist du? Trunken dämmert die Seele mir
Von all deiner Wonne; denn eben ist's,
Daß ich gelauscht, wie goldner Töne
Voll der entzückende Sonnenjüngling

Sein Abendlied auf himmlischer Leier spielt';
Es tönten rings die Wälder und Hügel nach.
Doch fern ist er zu frommen Völkern,
Die ihn noch ehren, hinweggegangen.

Composer

Viktor Ullmann

Viktor Ullmann was a Silesian-born Austrian composer, conductor and pianist.

Poet

Friedrich Hölderlin

Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his…

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