O danke nicht für diese Lieder

O danke nicht für diese Lieder,
Mir ziemt es dankbar dir zu sein;
[Du gabst sie mir]1, ich gebe wieder,
Was [jetzt und einst]2 und ewig dein.

Dein sind sie alle ja gewesen;
Aus deiner lieben Augen Licht
Hab ich sie treulich abgelesen:
Kennst du die eignen Lieder nicht?

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Authorship

• by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873), first published 1841 [ 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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Widmung", op. 19 no. 6 (1850). [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Epilog an die Liebste", op. 7 (Junge Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Letztes Buch) no. 8, published 1874 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not verified ]
• by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Widmung", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder nach Texten verschieder Dichter) no. 6 (1915/6). [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "O danke nicht", 1848. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Widmung", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1851 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not verified ]
• by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Widmung", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1875 [soprano or tenor and piano], Leipzig, Dörffel [ sung text not verified ]
• by Camillo (or Kamillo) Horn (1860 - 1941), "Widmung", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano], Reichenberg, Fritsche [ sung text not verified ]
• by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Widmung", 1897. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "O danke nicht", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1860 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text not verified ]
• by Max Lippold (1845 - 1907), "Widmung", op. 29 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1893 [voice and piano], Breslau, Hainauer [ sung text not verified ]
• by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Widmung", op. 29 no. 1, published 1875 [voice and piano], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [ sung text not verified ]
• by Albert Quinche (1867 - 1944), "Kennst du die eig'nen Lieder nicht?", published 1894? [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 6. [ sung text not verified ]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Barbara Miller) , title 1: "Dedication", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Dedication

O do not thank me for these songs,
It is seemly for me to be thankful to you;
You give them to me, I give back,
What is now and once and ever yours.
 
Yours have they all been;
in your dear eyes light
Have I truly read them:
Do you not know your own songs?

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873), first published 1841 CAT
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wilhelm Baumgartner, August Bungert, Gerard Bunk, Otto Dresel, Robert Franz, Ludwig Hartmann, Camillo Horn, Charles Edward Ives, Friedrich Gustav Jansen, Max Lippold, Richard Metzdorff, Albert Quinche. Go to the text.

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