la balance divineHow sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of sweet harmony. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice - (1596-1598) Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions To all musicians, appear and inspire: Translated Daughter, come down and startle Composing mortals with immortal fire. W.H. Auden - Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day (1941, pamphlet with poem written for Benjamin Britten's 1942 choral piece Hymn to St. Cecilia; later retitled “Anthem for St. Cecilia's Day: for Benjamin Britten") |
O, Madeleine! Madeleine! Willst du zwischen
zwei Feuern verbrennen? Clemens Krauss und Richard Strauss – Capriccio (1942) |
Wie Melodien Zieht es
Mir Leise durch den sinn
Klaus Groth und Johannes Brahms– (1886)
Mir Leise durch den sinn
Klaus Groth und Johannes Brahms– (1886)
I hear those voices that will not be drowned