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[Ich]1 armes Klosterfräulein! O Mutter! was hast du gemacht! Lenz ging am Gitter vorüber, [Hat]2 mir kein Blümlein gebracht. [Ach]3, wie weit, weit [dort]4 unten Zwei Schäflein gehen im Tal! Viel Glück, ihr Schäflein, ihr [sahet]5 Den Frühling zum erstenmal! [Ach]3, wie weit, weit [dort]4 oben Zwei Vöglein fliegen in Ruh'! Viel Glück, ihr Vöglein, ihr flieget Der besseren Heimat zu!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 156.
1 Winkler: "Ach ich"; Brahms and Kursch: "Ach, ach, ich"2 Brahms: "und hat"
3 Brahms: "Ach, ach"
4 Brahms: "hier"
5 Leberl: "seht ja"; Winkler: "sehet"
Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Klosterfräulein", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1807 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Klosterfräulein", op. 61 (Vier Duette) no. 2 (1852) [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Ich armes Klosterfräulein", H. 227 no. 9 (1877), from Neue Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Klosterfräulein", op. 44 (Gesänge und Balladen) no. 6, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Kursch , "Das Klosterfräulein", op. 5 no. 2, published 1905 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Klosterfräulein", op. 22 (Zehn Lieder zur Gitarre nach Gedichten von Justinus Kerner) no. 2 (1923), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Klosterfräulein", op. 69 (Romanzen für Frauenstimmen (Heft 1)) no. 3 (1849), published 1849 [ SSAA chorus ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Das Klosterfräulein", op. 25 no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Das Klosterfraeulein", op. 14 no. 4, published c1830 [ four-part men's chorus ], from Zwölf Volkslieder für vier Männerstimmen, drittes Heft, no. 4, Tübingen, Laupp'sche Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Joseph Winkler (1810 - 1884), "Das Klosterfräulein", op. 47 no. 1, published 1876-7? [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Neue Lieder für gemischte Stimmen, no. 1, Eichstätt: Anton Stillkrauth [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kloosterzustertje", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Siân Goldthorpe) (Christian Stein) , "The young nun", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Hélas, hélas, moi petite nonne", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giulio Cesare Barozzi) , "La monachella", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Freirinha", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Ik1, arme kloosterzuster! O moeder, wat heb jij gedaan! Lente passeerde de tralies, Bracht2 mij geen bloempje zelfs aan! Ach3, hoe ver, hoe ver ginds4 onder, Twee schaapjes lopen in ’t dal! Geluk, o schaapjes! Je zag toch De lente voor d’ eerste maal! Ach5, hoe ver, hoe ver ginds6 boven, Twee vogels vliegen in rust! Geluk, o vogels! Je vliegt toch Naar huis, naar een7 beet’re kust!
Singable for Brahms and Schumann. Modified 2014-11-11.
1 Bij Brahms: Ach, ach, ik
2 Bij Brahms: En bracht
3 Bij Brahms: Ach, ach,
4 Bij Brahms: hier
5 Bij Brahms: Ach, ach,
6 Bij Brahms: hier
7 Naar een: bij Schumann te zingen op twee achtsten.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2012 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Klosterfräulein", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1807
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 68