Steig empor, umblüht von Segen, Schöner goldbekrönter Tag, Glühend pochet dir entgegen Uns'rer treuen Herzen Schlag. Heil dir Tag, voll Pracht und Glanz, Du gabst uns den Vater Franz. Unter seinem Fürstenschilde Grünen Kunst und Wissenschaft, In dem Zepter wohnt die Milde Und in seinem Schwert die Kraft. Friedenspalm' und Siegesglanz Schmücken unsern Vater Franz. Ihm, dem Mächt'gen, dem Gerechten Laßt uns That und Willen weih'n, Grüne Myrthen laßt uns flechten Und den Lorbeer schlingt hinein. Unser's Vaterlandes Glanz Gab und schirmet Vater Franz. Laß ihn alle Freuden haben, Ihn, der uns'rer Freuden Stern; Sende deine besten Gaben Unserm kaiserlichen Herrn. Hüthe seiner Krone Glanz, Ew'ger! unserm Vater Franz.
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View text with all available footnotesNote: This is Deinhardstein's text as written in Schubert's manuscript. There are a few minor changes made by a third party, which have been adopted by Breitkopf & Härtel (1892) in the Alte Gesamtausgabe, Serie XVII. The first print of Schubert's cantata appeared 1822 in connection with the first performance. It features a different first stanza.
Hoch entzückt, im reichen Segen, Den du spendest jeden Tag, Pochet glühend Dir entgegen Aller treuen Herzen Schlag. Heil Dir Heil! umstrahlt von Glanz, Heil Dir guter Vater Franz.In 1849 the cantata was published by Diabelli as Schubert's op. posth. 157 with a completely different text and the title Constitutionslied.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Ferdinand von Deinhard-Deinhardstein (1794 - 1859), "Volkslied" [author's text not yet checked 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Geburtstage des Kaisers", op. posth. 157, D 748 (1822), published 1822 [ vocal quartet, chorus, and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-13
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