Die du bist so schön und rein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die du bist so schön und rein,
[Wunnevolles]1 Magedein,
Deinem Dienste ganz allein
Möcht' ich wohl mein Leben weihn.
Deine süßen Äugelein
Glänzen mild wie Mondesschein;
Helle Rosenlichter streun
Deine rothen Wängelein.
Und aus deinem Mündchen klein
Blinkt's hervor wie Perlenreihn;
Doch den schönsten Edelstein
Hegt dein stiller Busenschrein.
Fromme Minne mag es sein,
Was mir drang ins Herz hinein,
Als ich weiland schaute dein,
[Wunnevolles]1 Magedein!
Translation(s): ENG ENG ENG FRE
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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Achtundvierzigste Auflage, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1882, page 267; in this edition the poem has no title.
1 Franz: "wonnevolles"
Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator] and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 76 (Zehn leichte Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 8, published 1892 [four-part men's chorus], Leipzig, Hug [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 59 (Am Wege : Zwölf Lieder) no. 8 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Louis C. de Coppet , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 18-?, from Sieben Lieder, no. 7, also set in French (Français) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Die du bist so schön und rein (Minnegruß)", published c2004-5 [low voice and piano], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 6 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 37 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (1866?), published 1866 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Fricke (1877 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 - 1940), "Liedchen", op. 16 (Poemas de H. Heine) no. 7 (1913), published 1913 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 27 no. 4 (1885), published <<1890 [voice and piano], from Sechs ernste Lieder von Heinrich Heine und Paul Heyse, no. 4, Copenhagen, Hofmusikhandelens Forlag [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by M. Natrowski , "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Edward Nicholls , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1907, also set in English [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1899 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Josef Reiter (1862 - 1939), "Minnelied", published 1891 [medium voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Krämer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Minnegruß", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published c1898 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Louis Samson , "Huldigung", published 1873 [voice and piano], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft IV, no. 4, Dresden, Arnold [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Léandre Schlegel (1844 - 1913), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 20 no. 2 (1900), published 1900 [voice and piano], from Deutsche Liebeslieder. Ein Cyklus für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Edmond Snell (1879 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Lieder, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 1 no. 69 (1943), published 1972 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Minnegruß", from Lieder-Album II. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Theodor Winkelmann , "Huldigung" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Edward Nicholls.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ENG ; composed by Louis C. de Coppet.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Sullivan Dwight) , "Thou that art so pure and bright"
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Thou that art so pure and bright
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Thou that art so pure and bright,
Maiden full of all delight,
To thy service only might
I my whole of life indite!
O! thy sweet eyes shine with light
Milder than the moon’s by night;
Roses red and lilies white
In thy cheeks their charms unite.
And from thy small mouth invite
Pearly rows of dazzling white;
But the gem of purest light
In thy breast is hid from sight.
Holy lore alone so might
Heart and soul, possess me quite
Ever since you met my sight
Maiden full of all delight!
Note: from the Franz edition.
Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Authorship
Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Minnegruß", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 14
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Carl Attenhofer, August Bungert, Louis C. de Coppet, Leopold Damrosch, Don Forsythe, Robert Franz, Richard Fricke, Andrés Isasi Linares, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller, M. Natrowski, Edward Nicholls, Alfred Reisenauer, Josef Reiter, Louis Victor Franz Saar, Louis Samson, Léandre Schlegel, Edmond Snell, Korstiaan Stougie, Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich, Theodor Winkelmann. Go to the text.
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive) [ None yet in the database ]
Text added to the website: 2016-07-03 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2016-07-03 23:49:56
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