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by Frieda Port (1854 - 1926)

Amsel, wie magst du so lange schlagen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Amsel, wie magst du so lange schlagen,
Die Dämmrung zu stören! 
Flieg' weiter hinaus, mir weckst du nur Klagen,
Mich quält's dich zu hören.

Amsel, wie magst du so tödlich singen
Vom Lebensbronnen! 
Und mir will nichts die die Genesung bringen,
All meine Kraft ist zerronnen. 

Amsel, ich weiß nicht, wohin ich mich rette
Vor deinem Gesange
Und dann vor des Frühlings Blumenkette,
Vor all dem Lebens- und Liebesdrange!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Cotta'scher Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1898, achter Jahrgang, ed. by Otto Braun, Stuttgart: Nachfolger, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1898, pages 240 - 241.


Text Authorship:

  • by Frieda Port (1854 - 1926), "Frühlingsfurcht" [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 Friedrich Carl Weigmann (1869 - 1939), "Amsel, wie magst du so lange schlagen", published 1900 [ soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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