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possibly by Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825), as Friedrich Ritter

Die Mutter wird mich fragen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Mutter wird mich fragen:
"Warum die Wangen so blaß?"
Was weiß ich ihr zu sagen!
Ach, Mutter, laß mich, laß!
Der Glanz des Mondes ist's vielleicht,
Was mir die rothe Wange bleicht. 

Sie wird mich zärtlich fragen:
"Warum die Lippen so heiß?" 
Dir, Mutter, werd' ich sagen,
Vertrau' ich, was ich weiß:
Es wallt, es wallt so rasch das Blut,
Es tobt in mir wie Fieberglut.

Sie wird mich lieblich fragen:
"Warum das Auge so feucht?" 
Ach, Mutter!  will ich sagen,
Es wird mir wohl und leicht;  
Des Herzens Aufruhr wird gestillt,
Wenn sich der Blick in Thränen hüllt.1

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Proch 

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Confirmed with Almanach und Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen, siebenzehnter Jahrgang, ed. by Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker, Leipzig: in der Niemannschen Buchhandlung, 1807, page 283, attributed to Friedrich Ritter, possibly a pseudonym for Johann Paul Friedrich Richter.

1 Proch adds: "Dir, Mutter, will ich sagen,/ Was das Herz mir froh erfüllt."

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825), as Friedrich Ritter, "Das Lied der kleinen Anna" [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 Fredrik Pacius (1809 - 1891), "Die Mutter wird mich fragen", published 1840 [ soprano and piano ], Helsingfors: Beuermann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by G. A. Petzoldt , "Der Mutter Frage", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Die Mutter wird mich fragen", op. 159, published c1850 [ voice and piano and bugle or viola or cello ], Wien: A. Diabelli et Comp. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Die kleine Anna", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 101

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